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CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Explanatory i 

List  by  Grades 

First  Grade 3 

Second  Grade 5 

Third  Grade , 8 

Fourth  Grade 12 

Fifth  Grade ig 

Sixth  Grade 25 

Seventh  Grade 34 

Eighth  Grade 42 

Author  and  Title  Index 54 

List  of  Publishers 76 


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'       .  ^     /  Copyright  1904 

f  .  ,     ■  by 

-AJ  ^  May  H.  Prentice  and  Effie  L.  Power. 


EXPLANATORY 

The  Cleveland  Public  Library  furnishes  to  the  Cleveland 
Public  Schools,  through  the  stations  in  the  public  school  build- 
ings and  through  the  grade  teachers,  many  thousands  of  books 
yearly.  In  any  building  where  there  is  no  library  station,  any 
teacher  is  at  liberty  to  select  fifty  books  suitable  for  use  in  her 
grade,  which  will  be  sent  to  her  school-room  by  the  library 
and  called  for  at  the  end  of  the  year. 

The  collection  of  children's  books  here  listed  is  meant  to 
represent  eight  such  sets  of  books,  one  for  each  of  the  element- 
ary grades.  The  number  in  each  set  has  not  been  held  strictly 
to  fifty  books,  the  first  grade,  for  instance,  containing  but 
twenty-five  and  the  eighth  grade  more  than  eighty.  In  the 
first  and  second  grades  it  is  desirable  to  duplicate  suitable  and 
attractive  books  rather  than  to  seek  variety  at  the  expense  of 
simplicity  and  suitability;  and  in  the  eighth  grade  it  has  seemed 
wise  to  give  some  indispensable  handbooks  as  well  as  books 
of  pure  literature;  moreover  the  interests  and  the  ability  of 
eighth  grade  classes  in  different  sections  are  very  diverse,  and 
this  has  been  considered  in  the  widely  varying  degrees  of  diffi- 
culty of  the  subject  matter  and  the  many  lines  of  interest  ap- 
pealed to. 

Throughbut  the  eight  grades  the  idea  of  progression,  not 
merely  general,  but  specific,  has  been  had  in  mind;  for  instance, 
the  fourth  grade  pupil  will  read  the  complete  Stevenson's 
Child's  Garden  of  Verses,  with  the  beautiful  Chas.  Robinson 
illustrations  in  black  and  white,  much  more  readily  if  he  has  had 
previously  the  selections  from  the  same  in  the  beautiful  and 
inexpensive  Rand,  McNally  edition  with  colored  pictures.  In 
like  manner  he  will  more  certainly  read  Tennyson's  Coming  of 
Arthur  in  the  eighth  grade  if  at  an  earlier  time  he  has  been 
given  Mary  McLeod's  Book  of  King  Arthur.  This  progres- 
sion has  been  carried  out,  perhaps  more  fully  in  the  line  of 
Greek  literature  than  anywhere  else  in  this  collection. 

The  teacher  of  any  given  grade  will  usually  find  many  of 
the  books  named  for  the  preceding  and  the  succeeding  grade 

!  48-9  1  ; 


equally  useful  with  those  listed  for  her  own.  The  books  are 
for  the  children's  own  voluntary  reading,  and  while  some  books 
have  been  placed  in  every  grade  which  will  keep  even  the  bright 
pupils  of  that  grade  at  a  stretch  intellectually,  others  have  been 
chosen  in  the  belief  that  even  for  young  children 

"Merely  to  bask  and  ripen  is  sometimes 
The  student's  wiser  business." 

The  compilers  have  no  apologies  to  offer  for  the  books  of 
fun  and  humor  which  appear  in  every  grade.  To  accustom 
children  to  laugh  in  the  right  place  and  humanly  is  a  very  high 
achievement. 

The  two  who  have  worked  together  on  this  list  have  had 
much  experience  in  work  with  children,  the  one  in  the  school- 
room and  the  other  as  children's  librarian,  and  it  is  hoped  that 
their  fellow-laborers  along  these  lines  may  find  something  of 
interest  in  this  record  of  their  conclusions. 


FIRST  GRADE 


Arnold,  Sarah.     The  Arnold  Primer.     Silver 30 

The  reading  matter  is  of  the  simplest,  and  the  illustra- 
tions, many  of  them  in  colors,  are  especially  beautiful. 

Arnold,  S.  L.,  and  Gilbert,  C.  B.    Stepping  Stones  to  Litera- 
ture ;  a  First  Reader.     Silver 30 

This  little  first  reader  is  very  attractive  in  its  wild-rose 
cover  and  with  its  beautiful  pictures. 

Baldwin,  James.     School  Reading  by  Grades;  First  Year. 
Am.  Bk.  Co 25 

Baldwin's  first  reader  is  perhaps  a  trifle  more  difficult 
than  Miss  Arnold's  first  book.  Children  in  the  lower 
grades  very  often  choose  a  school-reader  for  their  own 
reading  in  preference  to  other  books. 

Bates,  Lois.     A  Fairy  Tale  of  a  Fox,  a  Dog,  a  Cat,  and  a 
Magpie.     Supplementary  Readers.     Longmans 15 

Blaisdell,  E.  A.  and  M.  F.    Child  Life  Primer.   Macmillan. .     .25 

The  illustrations  in  color,  which  are  very  numerous 
and  beautiful,  make  this  as  valuable  for  a  picture  book 
as  for  a  school  reader. 

Caldecott,     Randolph.       The     Hey-Diddle-Diddle     Picture 

Book.    Warne  $1.25 

Where  are  you  Going  My  Pretty  Maid,  Hey  Diddle 
Diddle  and  Baby  Bunting,  A  Frog  he  would  a-Wooing 
go,  The  Fox  Jumps  over  the  Parson's  Gate. 

Caldecott,  Randolph.     Picture  Book  No.  2.     Warne $1.25 

The  action  in  Mr.  Caldecott's  drawings  appeals  partic- 
ularlv  to  children.    The  coloring  is  especially  fine. 

Carroll,  S.  W.    Around  the  World.    Vol.  L     Morse 36 

A  geographical  reader  introducing  the  Eskimos,  North 
American  Indians,  Arabs,  Dutch,  Chinese  and  Japanese. 
Large  clear  type;  many  and  good  pictures. 

Cat  Tales.    Lothrop 30 

Brief  stories  and  pictures. 

Crane,  Walter.    This  Little  Pig,  etc.    Lane $1.25 

Contains:  This  Little  Pig,  The  Fairy  Ship,  King  Luck- 
ieboy.     Children's  pictures  in  colors  by  a  real  artist. 

Cyr,  E.  M.    Graded  Art  Readers.    Book  I.    Ginn 28 

Very  pleasing. 

Favorite  Animals.     Picture  Book.     Warne (Untearable)     .40 

The  pictures  are  of  value  to  the  little  ones.  The  text 
is  better  adapted  to  older  children. 

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Greenaway,  Kate.    A  Apple-Pie.    Warne 75 

An  alphabet  picture  book,  in  colors. 

Heller,  Mrs.,  ed.    Jack  and  the  Beanstalk,  and  Brother  and 
Sister.    Longmans   15 

Heller,   Mrs.,   ed.     Snowdrop,   and   Other   Stories.     Long- 
mans     15 

The  little  books  which  seem  "made  on  purpose"  for 
them  give  great  pleasure  to  little  children. 

Holton,  M.  A.     Primer.    Rand 25 

Very  beautifully  and  suitably  illustrated,  partly  in  col- 
ors.    Contains  many  desirable  blackboard  verses. 

Lakeside  Literature,  Book  I.   Fables  and  Rh5mies.   Am.  Bk. 
Co 22 

Selections  from  Aesop's  Fables  and  Mother  Goose,  well 
printed  but  not  so  well  illustrated. 

McClure's  Children*s  Annual  for  1904.    McClure  $1.50 

Rhymes,  simple  stories,  and  pictures.  Many  of  the  lat- 
ter are  especially  suited  for  young  children,  the  prim- 
ary colors  being  well  and  freely  used. 

McCuUoch,  A.  W.     Little  Stories  for  Little  People.     Am. 
Bk.  Co 25 

A  first  reading  book  for  children,  including  selections 
from  Stevenson  and  others  to  be  read  to  them. 

Mother  Goose.     DeWolfe  $1.25 

A  very  good  edition  of  Mother  Goose,  with  beau- 
-  tiful  and  delicately-colored  pictures.  There  is  a  ques- 
tion whether  the  grotesque  and  highly  vigorous  Ten- 
niel  illustrations  do  not  more  trulv  represent  the  spirit 
of  Mother  Goose,  but  there  is  no  doubt  that  a  child  will 
gain  much  in  taste  as  well  as  in  pleasure  by  the  much 
poring  over  this  book  which  he  is  sure  to  do  if  he  has 
an  opportunity. 

One,  Two,  Three,  Four.     Picture  Book.    Warne.     Untear- 
able    65 

Animal  pictures  and  number  ideas.  Especially  good. 
Very  little  text. 

O'Shea,  M.  V.,  ed.    Six  Nursery  Classics.    Heath 20 

House  that  Jack  Built,  Mother  Hubbard,  Cock  Robin, 
Old  Woman  and  Pig,  Dame  Wiggin,  Three  Bears.  A 
marvel  for  its  price.  The  illustrations  are  really  good, 
the  text  all  that  it  ought  to  be. 

Poulsson,  Emilie.    Child  Stories  and  Rhymes.    Lothrop. . .  .$1.25 
Written  and  illustrated  for  kindergarten  children. 

Ride  a  Cock-Horse.     Picture  Book.    Warne 65 

Mother  Goose  Rhymes,  ilustrated  in  colors.     On  linen. 


Smith,  Gertrude.    Arabella  and  Araminta.    Small $2.00 

The  rhythm  and  repetition  which  mark  these  simplest 
possible  stories  of  the  plays  and  troubles  of  two  little 
girls  have  a  great  charm  for  most  little  children. 
Cheaper  edition  is  published  without  illustrations. 

Sunbonnet  Babies'  Primer.     Rand 40 

A  first  reading  book  for  little  girls,  attractively  illus- 
trated in  color. 

SECOND  GRADE 


Arnold,  Sarah,  and  Gilbert,  C.  B.     Stepping  Stones  to  Lit- 
erature; a  Second  Reader.    Silver 40 

It  would  seem  as  if  a  child  must  be  the  gainer  his  life 
long  for  having  in  his  hands  a  book  of  such  wealth  of 
beauty  in  illustration  and  such  taste  in  selection  of 
story  and  verse. 

Baldwin,  James.    Fairy  Stories  and  Fables.    Am.  Bk.  Co. . .     .35 

An  excellent  collection,  perhaps  slightly  simpler  in  form 
than  Scudder's. 

Baldwin,  James.    School  Reading  by  Grades.    Second  Year. 
Am.  Bk.  Co 35 

Bird  Tales.     Lothrop   30 

Makes  the  birds  seem  friends  and  fellow-citizens  at 
once. 

Blaisdell,  E.  A.  and  M.  F.    Child  Life  in  Tale  and  Fable. 
Macmillan    35 

Wonder  stories  and  folk-lore  simplified  and  adapted. 
If  the  second-grade  child  is  to  read  these  stories  for 
himself  they  must  be  presented  in  this  shortened  form. 

Caldecott,     Randolph.      The    Panjandrum     Picture    Book. 
Warne    $1.25 

Come  Lassies  and  Lads,  Ride  a  Cock-Horse  to  Banbury 
Cross,  A  Farmer  went  trotting  upon  his  grey  Mare, 
Mrs.  Mary  Blaize,  The  Great  Panjandrum  Himself. 

Cheney,  C.  E.    Feathers,  Furs  and  Fins.    Estes  $1.50 

Simple  and  entertaining  stories  of  animals,  usually  only 
instructive  as  to  their  habits,  but  occasionally  pointing 
a  moral. 

Cox,  Palmer.    The  Brownies;  Their  Book.    Century $1.50 

What  child  does  not  know  and  love  these  queer  wee 


men 


Crane,  Walter.     Mother  Hubbard,  etc.     Lane   $1.25 

Containing   Mother   Hubbard,   The   Three    Bears,   The 
Absurd  ABC. 

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Deming,  F.  O.    Indian  Child-Life.    Stokes $i.oo 

Written  for  children  and  made  most  attractive  by  many- 
full  page  color-plates  after  paintings  in  water  color. 

Dodge,  M.  M.,  ed.    Baby  Days.    Century $1.50 

Little  stories  and  verses,  illustrated  by  beautiful  pic- 
tures, and  all  selected  by  one  who  knows  what  little 
people  like  and  benefit  by. 

Dog  Tales  for  Little  Children.    Lothrop 30 

Stories  which  will  make  little  children  better  under- 
stand and  love  the  household  pets. 

Fletcher,  Robert.    Marjorie  and  Her  Papa.    Century $1.00 

Marjorie's  papa  is  her  good  friend  and  comrade,  and 
the  story  of  the  good  times  they  have  together  is  very 
entertaining. 

Holbrook,  Florence.     Hiawatha  Primer.    Houghton 40 

The  story  of  Hiawatha  in  prose  with  very  beautiful 
illustrations. 

Horton,  A.  M.     An  Alphabet  with  Rhymes  and  Pictures. 
Page 75 

Jack  the  Giant-Killer,  and  Other  Stories.     Supplementary 
Readers.     Longmans 20 

Jackson,  H.  H.    Mammy  Tittleback  and  Her  Family.     Lit- 
tle     $1.25 

"A  true  story  of  seventeen  cats." 

Johonnot,  James.    Book  of  Cats  and  Dogs.    Am.  Bk.  Co...     .17 

"Cats  and  dogs  and  other  friends  for  little  folks." 

Johonnot,  James.     Grandfather's  Stories.    Am.  Bk.  Co 37 

These  stories  are  thoroughly  good,  like  all  of  Johon- 
not's,  and  quite  varied  in  their  range,  including  fables, 
a  fairy-story  or  two,  myths,  legends,  and  home  and  for- 
eign stories. 

Jones,  L.  H.     Second  Reader.     Ginn 35 

Little  Red  Riding  Hood  and  Other  Stories.    Supplementary 
Readers.     Longmans    20 

May,  Sophie.    Little  Prudy.    Lee  20 

The  home-life  of  a  sometimes-good,  sometimes- 
naughty,  and  always-dear  little  girl.  \ 

Mother  Goose.     (Tenniel  il.)     Routledge   $2.00 

Norton,  C.  E.,  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books,  No.  i.    Heath 25 

Mother  Goose  rhymes  and  jingles,  well  edited  with 
notes  for  use  in  the  school-room. 

0*Shea,  M.  V.,  ed.    Old  World  Wonder  Stories.    Heath 25 

Whittington  and  His  Cat,  Jack  the  Giant  Killer,  Tom 
Thumb,  Jack  and  the  Bean-Stalk. 

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Old  Man  Who  Lived  in  a  Wood.    Button $1.25 

The  old  rhyme  of  the  old  man  who  was  sure  that  he 
could  do  more  work  in  one  day  than  his  wife  could  do 
in  two.    Very  fine  colored  pictures. 

Potter,  Beatrix.    Tale  of  Peter  Rabbit.    Warne 50 

Peter  Rabbit  was  a  naughty  bunny  who  crept  through 
the  fence  and  made  himself  ill  eating  Farmer  McGre- 
gor's cabbage.  He  had  to  go  to  bed  and  drink  camo- 
mile tea  while  his  brothers  and  sisters  had  bread  and 
milk  and  blackberries  for  supper. 

Potter,  Beatrix.    The  Tale  of  Squirrel  Nutkin.    Warne 50 

This  is  a  tale  about  a  tail — a  tail  that  belonged  to  a 
little  red  squirrel,  and  his  name  was  Nutkin.  Pictures, 
fun,  and  a  moral  for  the  "little  book"  age. 

Poulsson,  Emilie.    Through  the  Farmyard  Gate.    Lothrop.  .$1.25 

Stories  and  rhymes  in  which  the  domestic  animals 
figure.  Unnatural  history,  teaching  moral  lessons  very 
pleasantly. 

Richards,  L.  E.    Four  Feet,  Two  Feet  and  No  Feet.    Estes.$i.5o 

Five-minute  stories  about  animals. 

The  Sleeping  Beauty,  and  Other  Stories.     Supplementary 
Readers.     Longmans    20 

Stevenson,  R.  L.    A  Child's  Garden  of  Verses.    Rand 50 

A  new  illustrated  edition  of  a  children's  classic  that 
appeals  to  the  boys  and  girls  to  whom  it  really  belongs. 
"Go  little  book,  and  wish  to  all. 

Flowers  in  the  garden,  meat  in  the  hall, 

A  living  river  by  the  door, 

A  nightingale  in  the  sycamore." 

Swett,  Sophie.    Littlest  One  of  the  Browns.    Estes 50 

How  eight-year-old  Beatrice  took  care  of  the  baby. 

Swinton,  Wm.,  and  Cathcart,  G.  R.    Golden  Book  of  Choice 
Reading.    Am.  Bk.  Co 30 

Verse  and  prose,  consisting  of  fables,  folk-lore,  stories 
of  good  deeds,  and  nature-readings. 

Trimmer,  Sarah  (Hale,  ed.).    History  of  the  Robins.  Heath    .20 

"This  book  has  been  the  delight  of  thousands  of  chil- 
dren for  over  three-quarters  of  a  century." — E.  E.  Hale. 

Williams,  Sherman.     Choice  Literature.    Book  I.,  Primary. 
Am.  Bk.  Co 22 

Folk-lore  stories  and  rhymes  from  Mother  Goose. 
Wright,  J.  McN.    Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  i.  Heath 35 

The  first  in  a  series  of  Nature  Readers.  "Describes 
crabs,  wasps,  spiders,  bees  and  some  univalve  mollusks." 
Intended  for  children's  own  reading. 


THIRD  GRADE 


Abbott,  Jacob.    A  Boy  on  a  Farm.     Am.  Bk.  Co 45 

Edited  by  Clifton  Johnson  from  "Rollo  at  Work"  and 
"Rollo  at  Play." 

The  author  is  an  old  time  writer  of  great  popularity 
whose  books  have  taught  industry,  honesty,  and  all  the 
manly  virtues,  to  three  generations  of  young  people. 

Andrews,  Jane.    Seven  Little  Sisters.    Ginn 50 

In  most  schools  of  to-day  considerable  time  is  given  to 
child-life  in  other  lands.  Where  this  has  been  done 
third  grade  children  will  read  the  Seven  Little  Sisters 
with  pleasure,  otherwise  it  should  be  placed  a  grade 
higher. 

Arnold,  S.  L.,  and  Gilbert,  C.  B.    Stepping  Stones  to  Liter- 
ature; a  Third  Reader.     Silver 50 

The  selections  in  this  book  are  truly  stepping  stones  to 
literature. 

Aspinwall,  Alicia.    Short  Stories  for  Short  People.    Button, $1.50 

Absurdly  fantastic  tales  which  appeal  to  the  young 
child's  sense  of  humor.  Contains:  A  Quick-Running 
Squash,  The  Upsidedownians,  My  Flannel  Rooster,  The 
Bold,  Bad  Bicycle,  and  others. 

Baldwin,  James.    Fifty  Famous  Stories  Retold.    Am.  Bk.  Co.     .35 

This  is  one  of  the  books  which  are  indispensable  in  a 
children's  library.  Most  of  these  stories  "have  for  their 
subject  certain  romantic  episodes  in  the  lives  of  well- 
known  heroes  and  famous  men,  or  in  the  history  of  a 
people."  They  are  those  with  which  every  child  should 
be  familiar. 

Baldwin,  James.     School  Reading  by  Grades;  Third  Year. 
Am.  Bk.  Co 40 

Bradish,  S.  P.    Stories  of  Country  Life.    Am.  Bk.  Co 40 

Presenting  various  farming  industries,  including  har- 
vesting, threshing,  buying,  selling  of  grains,  varied  by 
discussions  on  amber,  coal  and  iron  and  true  stories  of 
animals. 

Burgess,  Gelett.     Goops;  and  How  to  be  Them.     Stokes.  ,$1.50 

"A  Manual  of  Manners  for  Polite  Infants." 
"The  Goops  they  are  spotted  on  chin  and  on  cheek. 
You  could  dig  the  dirt  off  with  a  trowel! 
But  you  wash  your  face  twenty  times  every  week, 
And  you  don't  do  it  all  with  the  towel!" 

Carroll,  C.  F.,  ed.    Around  the  World,  Vol.  2.     Morse 45 

Some  useful  information  about  Alaska,  Mexico,  Nor- 
way, Sweden,  Switzerland,  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  the  Philip- 
pines and  Hawaii, 

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Cinderella;    or    the    Little    Glass    Slipper.      Supplementary 
Readers.    Longmans   20 

Coolidge,  Susan.    Mischief's  Thanksgiving.    Little  $1.25 

The  nine  stories  are  all  good.  Nanny's  Substitute  is  a 
good  Civil  War  story  for  girls;  How  the  Umbrella  Ran 
Away  with  Ellie  is  for  Christmas;  and  Girls  of  the  Far 
North  pictures  Sweden,  Lapland  and  Finland. 

Cox,  Palmer.    Another  Brownie  Book.    Century $1.50 

"Brownies,  like  fairies  and  goblins,  are  imaginary  little 
sprites  who  delight  in  harmless  pranks  and  helpful 
deeds.  They  work  and  sport  while  weary  households 
sleep,  and  never  allow  themselves  to  be  seen  by  mortal 
eyes." 

Crane,  Walter.     Red  Ridinghood,  etc.     Lane    $1.25 

Contains  also:  Jack  and  the  Beanstalk  and  the  Forty 
Thieves.  Crane's  illustrations  seem  especially  suited  to 
the  tales  from  Arabian  Nights. 

Defoe,   Daniel.     Robinson   Crusoe    (Mrs.    Godolphin,   ed.). 
Ed.  Pub.  Co 40 

The  famous  old  book  abridged  and  simplified. 
Deming,  F.  O.    Red  Folk  and  Wild  Folk.    Stokes $1.00 

Indian  folk-lore  stories  for  children,  with  numerous  full- 
page  illustrations  in  color.     An  attractive  picture  book. 

Diaz,  Abby  Morton.    Polly  Cologne.     Lothrop $1.00 

Polly  Cologne  was  a  rag  baby  who  lived  at  the  Land  of 
Ease  in  Prairie  Rose  Cottage.  All  who  care  to  hear 
how  she  was  lost  and  of  the  adventures  of  the  Jimmy 
Johns  and  Annette  in  trying  to  find  her,  "who  did  find 
her,  how  she  went  on  her  travels,  and  of  the  different 
people  she  stayed  with  and  how  she  came  back,  and 
what  happened  to  Rover  and  how  he  came  back,  and 
when  he  came  back,  are  invited  to  listen." 

Dodge,  M.  M.     New  Baby  World.    Century  $1.50 

A  thoroughly  delightful  volume  of  rhymes,  stories  and 
pictures  for  fortunate  little  folks. 

Dodge,  N.  S.    Stories  of  American  History.    Lee 30 

Stories  of  colonial  and  revolutionary  times,  very 
straightforwardly  told. 

Dole,  C.  F.,  ed.     Goody  Two  Shoes.     Heath 20 

Attributed  to  Oliver  Goldsmith. 

"The  first  book  particularly  intended  for  children,  which 

has  become  a  classic." 

Eddy,  S.  J.  (Compiler).    Friends  and  Helpers.     Ginn  ...60 

Well  chosen  stories  and  verses  about  animals.  The 
illustrations  are  not  only  suitable  for  their  purpose,  but 
very  beautiful. 

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Eggleston,  Edward.    Stories  of  Great  Americans  for  Little 
Americans.    Am.  Bk.  Co 40 

"It  is  one  of  the  purposes  of  these  stories  to  make  the 
mind  of  the  pupil  familiar  with  some  of  the  leading  fig- 
ures in  the  history  of  our  country  by  means  of  personal 
anecdote.  Some  of  the  stories  are  those  that  every 
American  child  ought  to  know,  because  they  have  be- 
come a  kind  of  national  folk-lore." — Preface. 

Francis,  J.  G.     Book  of  Cheerful  Cats.    Century $1.00 

"Some  cat-land  fancies  drawn  and  dressed 
To  cheer  your  mind  when  it's  depressed." 
Pictures  and  verses. 

Greenway,   Kate.     Under   the   Window.     Warne $1.50 

Of  chief  value  as  a  picture  book,  but  the  rhymes  are 
fairly  good. 

Hays,  W.  J.    Princess  Idle  ways.     Harper 60 

Under  the  tuition  of  the  Fairy  Industry  the  little  Prin- 
cess Idleways  finds  the  delights  of  activity  and  unself- 
ishness. 

Headland,  I.  T.    Our  Little  Chinese  Cousin.    Page 60 

A  pleasing  story  of  a  little  Chinese  girl  who  by  gaining 
a  husband  escapes  having  her  feet  bound.  Much  in- 
formation is  given  in  a  very  attractive  form. 

The  History  of  Whittington,  and  Other  Stories.     Supple- 
mentary Readers.    Longmans 30 

Jackson,  H.  H.     Letters  from  a  Cat.     Little $1.25 

Bright,  humorous  and  well  adapted  for  little  children's 
own  reading. 

Jewett,  J.  H.    The  Bunny  Stories.     Stokes $1.50 

A  good,  old-fashioned,  moral  story  of  the  fun,  frolics 
and  mischief  of  four  rabbit  children:  Bunnyboy, 
Browny,   Pinkeyes  and  Cuddledown. 

Johonnot,  James.     Friends  in  Feathers  and  Fur.    Am.  Bk. 
Co 30 

Contains  many  anecdotes,  a  few  verses,  and  a  good 
many  facts  in  regard  to  birds,  rabbits,  mice,  squirrels, 
frogs,  toads,  etc. 

Jones,  L.  H.    Third  Reader.    Ginn 45 

Lindsay,  Maud.    Mother  Stories.    Milton  Bradley $1.00 

Stories  embodying  some  of  the  truths  of  Froebel's 
Mother  Play. 

Morley,  M.  W.    Seed  Babies.    Ginn 25 

Beans,  peas,  melons,  nuts  and  eggs.  Specially  well 
illustrated. 

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Mulock,  D.  M.    The  Adventures  of  a  Brownie.    Harper .60 

Miss  Mulock's  good,  kind,  little  Brownie,  who  plays 
pranks  only  on  cross  and  disagreeable  people,  has  al- 
ready been  the  friend  of  two  or  three  generations  of 
children. 

Noel,  Maurice.    Buz.    Holt $1.00 

"In  this  little  story,  the  author  ventures  to  hope  that 
he  may  succeed  in  interesting  children  in  the  habits  of 
the  bees,  and  in  inducing  them  to  study  for  themselves 
their  most  wonderful  lives."  It  is  good  considered 
purely  as  a  story,  besides  its  value  as  natural  history. 

Norton,  C.  E.    Heart  of  Oak  Books,  No.  2.    Heath ^5 

The  best  of  the  old  folk-lore  tales,  Goody-Two-Shoes 
and  a  good  selection  of  short  English  verse. 

Peary,  Josephine.    The  Snow  Baby.    Stokes $1.20 

A  true  story  of  the  Arctic  explorer's  little  daughter, 
Ah-JNi-Ghi-To  Peary  who  was  born  among  the  icebergs 
of  the  North.  The  book  is  illustrated  from  photographs 
which  makes  it  a  valuable  picture  book  and  an  aid  in 
geography  work  as  well  as  interesting  reading. 

Perry,  F.  P.    Tora's  Happy  Day.    Alliance  Pub.  Co 50 

The  story  of  a  single  day  in  the  life  of  an  unselfish  little 
Japanese  boy.  It  gives  a  strong  impression  of  being  a 
true  picture  of  Japanese  child-life.  The  illustrations  are 
in  the  Japanese  manner,  and  are  an  aid  to  the  text. 

Potter,  Beatrix.    The  Tailor  of  Gloucester.    Wame 50 

A  book  for  little  people,  setting  forth  the  fortunes  and 
misfortunes  of  the  Jolly  Tailor  of  Gloucester  who  saved 
bright  pieces  of  cloth  to  make  waistcoats  for  the  mice 
which  shared  his  home. 

The  Princess  on  the  Glass  Hill,  and  Other  Stories.    Long- 
man's Supplementary  Readers 30 

Fairy  stories  in  attractive  form. 

Pyle,  Katherine.    Careless  Jane.    Dutton 75 

"Verses  and  pictures  telling  of  Georgie  Lie-a-bed,  Bois- 
terous Ann,  Untidy  Amanda  and  other  careless  children 
whose  faults  led  them  into  trouble." 

Pyle,  Katherine.    Prose  and  Verse  for  Children.    Am.  Bk. 
Co 40 

Simple,  childlike  stories  and  poems  for  each  month  in 
the  year. 

Pyle,  Katherine.    Stories  of  Our  Humble  Friends.    Am.  Bk. 
Co 50 

Short  stories  of  animal  life. 

Richards,  L.  E.    Five-Minutes  Stories.    Estes  $1.25 

Few  authors  have  surpassed  Mrs.  Richards  in  writing 
short  stories  for  children  of  this  grade. 

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Richards,  L.  E.     Sundown  Songs.     Little 50 

Nonsense  rhymes. 

Scudder,  H.  E.    Verse  and  Prose  for  Beginners  in  Reading. 
Houghton    25 

More  verse  than  prose.  An  excellent  selection  from 
English  and  American  literature. 

Shaw,   Edward.     Big   People   and   Little   People   of   Other 
Lands.    Am.  Bk.  Co 30 

China,  Japan,  Arabia,  Korea,  India,  Lapland,  Greenland, 
Russia,  Switzerland,  Patagonia,  Africa,  the  Philippines, 
the  Amazon  Valley. 

Valentine,  Mrs.  L.    Aunt  Louisa's  Book  of  Animal  Stories. 
Wame Boards,  50c ;  cloth,  $1.00 

Good  short  stories,  and  illustrations  of  a  kind  especially 
pleasing  to  children — those  which  in  themselves  tell  a 
story. 

White,  E.  D.     Ednah  and  her  Brothers.     Houghton  $1.00 

"Ednah  had  three  brothers,  but  on  rainy  days  it  seemed 
sometimes  as  if  she  had  six." 

Winnington,  Laura,  ed.     The  Outlook  Story  Book.     Out- 
look   , $1.20 

Dainty  and  beautiful  pictures,  verses  and  stories. 

Williams,  Sherman.    Choice  Literature.    Book  II.,  Primary. 
Am.  Bk.   Co 25 

Contains  two  Grimm,  five  Hans  Andersen  stories,  Rus- 
kin's  King  of  the  Golden  River,  and  an  excellent  col- 
lection of  poems. 

Wright,  J.  McN.     Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  2     Heath 35 

The  ways  of  ants,  earth-worms,  flies,  beetles,  etc.  etc. 
There  is  no  attempt  to  amuse,  only  to  instruct,  but  the 
matter  is  well  chosen  and  skilfully  presented,  and  sup- 
plementarv  to  class-instruction.  The  children  will  read 
it  quite  readily. 

FOURTH  GRADE 


Andrews,  Jane.     Stories  Mother  Nature  Told.     Ginn 50 

Miss  Andrews'  books  were  the  pioneers  of  the  great 
crowd  of  present-day  nature-books  for  young  children, 
and  they  still  compare  favorably  in  dignity  and  true 
interest  with  their  successors.  Amber,  coal,  the  work  of 
water,  and  seeds  are  among  the  objects  in  regard  to 
which  Mother  Nature  told  her  stories. 

Arnold,  S.  L.,  and  Gilbert,  C.  B.    Stepping  Stones  to  Liter- 
ature ;  a  Fourth  Reader 60 

Introducing  Greek  mythology. 

Baldwin,  James.     School  Reading  by  Grades.     Fourth  and 
Fifth  Years.     Am.  Bk.  Co 60 

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Blaisdell,  E.  A.  and  M.  F.    Child  Life  in  Literature.    Mac- 
millan   •  • 60 

Stories  about  children,  selected  with  excellent  judgment 
from  the  best  writers.  They  can  hardly  fail  to  serve 
their  purpose  of  making  the  children  wish  to  know  more 
of  the  books  from  which  they  are  taken.  The  outward 
form  of  the  book,  including  type  and  illustrations,  is  all 
that  could  be  desired. 

Blumenthal,  V.   X.  K.  de.     Folk  Tales  from  the   Russian. 
Rand    •  • 40 

Full  of  the  elemental  strength  of  a  half-barbarous  peo- 
ple, and  having  much  of  the  repetition  which  children 
love. 

Brown,  A.  F.    The  Lonesomest  Doll.    Houghton 85 

A  fanciful  story  of  a  lonely  little  queen,  her  lonelier 
splendid  doll,  her  porter's  happy  little  daughter,  and  the 
remarkable  adventures  of  the  three. 

Burgess  Gelett.     More  Goops;  and  How  Not  to  be  Them. 
Stokes • $1.50 

"A  Manual  of  Manners  for  Impolite  Infants." 
"When  you  are  talking,   I   expect 
You'd   better   hold   your   head    erect! 

I'll  think  it  is  a  Goop  I  see 
Who  is  afraid  to  look  at  me." 

Caldecott's  Picture  Book.    Warne  $1.25 

Vol.  I. — The  Diverting  History  of  John  Gilpin,  The 
House  that  Jack  Built,  The  Babes  in  the  Wood,  An 
Elegy  on  the  Death  of  a  Mad  Dog. 

Carroll,  C.  F.,  ed.    Around  the  World;  Vol.  3.     Morse 54 

North   America,  Porto   Rico   and   Hawaii.      Illustrated. 
Carryl,  C.  E.    Davy  and  the  Goblin.     Houghton . . $1.50 

Davy  goes  on  a  "believing  voyage"  with  the  goblin, 
meets  candy  folks,  fairies,  and  story-book  friends  and 
finally  finds  himself  curled  up  in  the  big  easy  chair 
with  his  dear  old  grandmother  bending  over  him  and 
saying  gently,  "Davy!  Davy!  Come  and  have  some 
dinner,  my  dear!" 

Clarke,  M.  C.    Uncle,  Peep,  and  I.    Little $1.00 

A  wholesome  old-fashioned  book,  which  deals  in  doings 
and  not  in  reflections. 

Coolidge,  Susan.     Nine  Little  Goslings.     Little. $1.25 

The  "goslings"  are  the  nine  heroes  and  heroines  of  the 
nine  stories,  and  very  charming  "little  geese"  they  are. 

Cox,  Palmer,  Brownies  Around  the  World.    Centurv  Co.. $1.50 

The  queer  little  men  are  queerer  and  more  interesting 
than  ever  in  their  new  experiences. 

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Crane,  Walter.    Beauty  and  the  Beast.    Lane $1.25 

Contains  also  The  Frog  Prince  and  The  Hind  in  the 
Wood.  The  Crane  illustrations  are  wonderfully  expres- 
sive and  exquisite  in  coloring,  and  while  they  may  be 
somewhat  complicated  in  detail  for  very  young  chil- 
dren, the  are  among  the  most  artistic  picture  books 
published. 

Dodge,  M.  M.    Rhymes  and  -Jingles.    Scribner $1.50 

Verses  of  various  grades  of  difficulty,  and  both  grave 
and  gay.  They  have  won  childish  favor  for  thirty  years, 
and  show  no  signs  of  losing  it. 

Dodgson,  Chas.  (Lewis  Carroll,  pseud.).    Alice  in  Wonder- 
land.   Macmillan $1.00 

"Alice"  is  nonsense,  pure  and  simple — and  delightful.  It 
cannot  be  interpreted;  it  has  no  moral. 

Eggleston,  Edward.    First  Book  in  American  History.    Am. 
Bk.  Co 60 

Its  red,  white  and  blue  cover,  its  beautiful  illustrations, 
its  choice  of  subjects,  the  turn  of  its  phrases — every- 
thing about  this  book — leads  the  child  to  enjoy  it.  Its 
method  is  in  the  main  biographical,  the  book  consisting 
mostly  of  stories  of  Columbus,  John  Smith,  Miles 
Standish,  Benjamin  Franklin,  Abraham  Lincoln,  and 
other  heroes  of  history. 

Eggleston,  Edward.    Stories  of  American  Life  and  Adven- 
ture.   Am.  Bk.  Co 50 

Stories  of  Indian  life,  of  frontier  peril  and  escape,  ad- 
ventures with  the  pirates  and  kidnappers  of  colonial 
times,  that  appeal  to  boys  and  introduce  national  his- 
tory. 

Francillon,  R.  E.    Gods  and  Heroes.     Ginn 40 

The  writer  himself  says  that  the  "Mythology  adopted 
throughout  is  strictly  of  the  old-fashioned  kind  which 
goes  to  Ovid  as  its  leading  authority,  and  ignores  the 
difference  between  the  gods  of  Greece  and  the  gods  of 
Rome."  For  one  who  is  not  an  authority  on  the  sub- 
ject it  is  only  possible  to  say  that  the  stories  are  enter- 
taining and  well  written. 

Hale,  L.  P.    The  Peterkin  Papers.    Houghton $1.50 

One  of  the  few  really  good  humorous  books  for  chil- 
dren.    "The  Lady  from   Philadelphia,"  who  solves  all 
'    the  Peterkin  family  problems,  was  long  ago  accepted 
as  the  impersonation  of  plain  common-sense. 

Hall,  Jennie.    Four  Old  Greeks.    Rand $1.08 

One  who  is  inclined  to  question  the  freedom  of  render- 
ing of  these  stories  of  Achilles,  Herakles,  Dionysos,  and 
Alkestis  is  likely  to  be  won  in  the  end  by  Miss  Hall's 
truth  to  Greek  thought  and  feeling. 

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Hays,  Mrs.  W.  J.    Prince  Lazybones,  and  Other  Stories. 
Harper  Co 

Prince  Lazybones  is,  as  its  name  suggests,  a  moral  tale. 
Through  the  aid  of  the  elves  Prince  Lazybones,  through 
a  varied  experience,  earns  the  name  of  Prince  Leo 
Sans  Lazybones.  The  second  story,  in  spite  of  its  title, 
Phil's  Fairies,  is  full  of  human  interest  and  helpfulness. 
The  other  two  are  Christmas  stories. 

IngersoU,  Ernest.     The  Ice  Queen.     Harper 60 

The  story  of  the  adventures  of  three  boys  and  a  girl 
who  make  their  way  on  the  ice  from  their  home  in 
Pennsylvania  to  friends  in  Cleveland. 

Jewett,  S.  O.     Play  Days.    Houghton $1.50 

This  little  book  for  little  girls,  has  all  the  quiet  charm 
of  Miss  Jewett's  books  for  older  people.  The  author 
has  a  great  gift  for  making  the  fine  and  beautiful  things 
which  lie  at  the  heart  of  everyday  life  stand  forth  in 
their  truj  colors,  and  making  simple  pleasures  seem 
very  pleasant. 

Jones,  L.  H.     Fourth  Reader.     Ginn 65 

Selections  especially  fitted  to  interest  in  worthy  life  and 
worthy  literature. 

Kipling,  Rudyard.    Just  So  Stories.    Doubleday $1.20 

This  is  an  attempt  to  satisfy,  by  explanations  based 
wholly  on  the  author's  imagination,  "the  person  small" 
who  sends  "abroad  on  her  own  affairs,  from  the  second 
she  opens  her  eyes,  one  million  Hows,  two  million 
Wheres  and  seven  million  Whys."  The  stories  answer 
fully  and  satisfactorily  such  questions  as  How  the 
Camel  Got  His  Hump,  How  the  Rhinoceros  Got  His 
Skin,  etc.,  etc. 

Lorenzini,   Carlo   (Cramp,  trans.).     Adventures   of  Pinoc- 
chio.     Ginn    40 

A  caotivating  Italian  child  story,  half  fairy-tale,  half 
moral  allegory.  Pinocchio,  the  wooden  puppet  made 
by  Geppetto,  the  wood  carver,  is  hindered  in  his  ambi- 
tion to  become  a  real  boy  by  his  faults  of  laziness,  un- 
truthfulness, etc.,  and  he  passes  through  most  sur- 
prising adventures  and  brings  much  sorrow  to  his 
"papa"  before  the  happy  realization  of  his  desire. 

Morley,  M.  W.    Bee  People.    McClurg $1.25 

One  of  the  most  successful  nature-books  ever  written 
for  children.  If  it  were  possible  to  misunderstand  the 
clear  and  forcible  account  of  Miss  Apis'  ways,  manners, 
and  personal  peculiarities,  the  author's  beautiful  draw- 
ings would  make  this  impossible.  Miss  Morley  com- 
bines very  happily  the  playfulness  in  which  children 
delight  with  serious  instruction. 

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Morrison.     Songs  and  Rhymes  for  the  Little  Ones.     Put- 
nam  $1.50 

Simple  poems,  mostly  narrative,  which  appeal  to  chil- 
dren and  which  help  to  fill  the  gap  between  the  Mother 
Goose  Rhymes  and  the  great  poets. 

Mulock,  D.  M.     Little  Lame  Prince.     Heath 30 

The  story  of  Prince  Dolor  of  Nomansland  who  floated 
out  of  Hopeless  Tower  on  the  wonderful  traveling  cloak 
of  Imagination.  x\n  allegorical  tale  teaching  patience 
and  true  kingship. 

Newell,  Peter.       Toosys  and  Turveys.     Century $1.00 

Very  clever  colored  pictures  with  brief  rhymed  expla- 
nations. The  pictures  held  rio-ht  side  up  tell  quite  a 
different  story  than  when  viewed  from  an  inverted  posi- 
tion. 

Norton,  C.  E.,  ed.     Heart  of  Oak  Books,  No.  3.     Heath..     .45 

Fairy  tales,  ballads,  and  poems.  The  selections  in  this 
book  are  "for  the  most  part  pieces  already  familiar  and 
long  accepted  as  among  the  best  wherever  the  English 
language  is  spoken."  They  grow  fresher  by  custom; 
and  the  love  of  them  deepens  in  proportion  to  the  time 
we  have  known  them,  and  to  the  memories  with  which 
they  have  become  invested. 

Otis,  James.     Mr.  Stubbs*  Brother.     Harper 60 

The  further  adventures  of  Toby  Tyler,  to  whom  the 
death  of  his  friend,  Mr.  Stubbs,  the  monkey,  brought 
such  grief,  are  here  set  forth. 

Otis,  James.     Toby  Tyler.     Harper 60 

Toby  Tyler,  ten  years  old,  runs  away  with  a  circus,  as 
many  another  boy  has  wished  to  do.  While  the  story 
is  most  interesting  and  pleasantly  exciting  to  young 
readers  it  is  genuinely  wholesome. 

Peary,  Josephine.    Children  of  the  Artie.    Stokes $1.20 

This  is  the  story  of  the  Snow-Baby's  return  to  the 
frozen  North  and  of  the  friends  she  made  there. 

Pollard,   Josephine.     History   of   the   United   States.     Mc- 
Loughlin    $1.00 

"A  tale  in  short  words  for  small  folk  of  the  way  our 
land  grew."     Large  type. 

Pollard,  Josephine.     Life  of  Washington.     McLoughlin $1.00 

Valuable,  especially  for  the  fact  that  it  is  very  easy  to 
read.  The  children  are  very  early  anxious  for  books 
about  Washington,  but  become  discouraged  at  their  dif- 
ficulties. 

Prince  Darling,  and  Other  Stories.   Supplementary  Readers. 
Longmans 40 

A  delightful  little  book  which  even  the  slow  child  can 
read  quite  through. 

If) 


Pyle,  Katherine.     Counterpane  Fairy.     Button $1.25 

The  counterpane  fairy  is  a  good  fairy  who  comes  day 
by  day  to  a  little  boy  who  is  ill  and  whisks  him  away 
from  his  tiresome  surroundings  into  magic  lands. 

Richards,  L.  E.    More  Five-Minute  Stories.     Estes $1.25 

No  one  better  than  Mrs.  Richards  can  pass  from  riotous 
fun  in  one  story  or  verse  to  serious  instruction  in  the 
next  and  make  each  enjoyable. 

Richards,   L.   E.     Quicksilver  Sue.     Century $1.00 

The  story  of  an  impetuous  little  girl  who  loves  novelty 
and  show  and  rushes  into  a  friendship  that  promises  to 
gratify  this  love,  only  to  learn  that  the  true  love  of  the 
plain  old  friends  is  best  after  all. 

St.  Nicholas  Christmas  Book.    Century $1.50 

For  years  the  St.  Nicholas  Magazine  has  published  in 
its  pages  the  very  best  Christmas  stories,  verses,  and 
pictures  to  be  found  anywhere,  and  now  the  very  best 
of  these  are  gathered  into  this  book. 

Schwatka,  Frederick.    Children  of  the  Cold.    Ed.  Pub.  Co.. $1.25 

An  account  of  the  life  of  the  little  boys  and  girls  of  the 
North,  including  their  play,  work,  and  adventures. 

Scudder,  H.  E.    Fables  and  Folk  Stories.     Houghton 40 

One  of  the  most  satisfactory  collections  ever  made,  and 
a  literary  model. 

Sewell,  Anna.     Black  Beauty.     Lothrop $1.00 

This  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  of  the  horse,"  as  it  has  been 
called,  has  already  done  much  to  do  away  with  that  evil 
which  is  wrought  by  want  of  thought,  and  it  still  has  a 
great  work  to  do.  Black  Beauty  is  as  real  to  many  chil- 
dren as  any  member  of  their  family. 

Smith,  M.  P.  W.    Jolly  Good  Times.     Little $1.25 

Child-life  on  a  Massachusetts  farm,  simple,  wholesome, 
delightful,  is  here  pictured.  In  spite  of  some  lack  of 
literary  finish  in  the  style,  the  plain  people  in  this  story, 
children  and  grown  folks,  have  something  of  the  dignity 
of  those  in  Whittier's  Snow  Bound.  Aaron,  the  hired 
man,  with  his  true  Indian  stories,  is  an  important  ad- 
junct to  the  "jolly  good  times"  of  the  children.  "Any- 
one would  know  only  to  look  at  Aaron  on  Sundays  that 
he  belonged  to  the  minister's  Bible  class  and  had  money 
in  the  bank." 

Spyri,  Johanna  (Dole,  Tr.).     Heidi.     Ginn 40 

A  delightful  story  of  child  life  on  the  mountains  of 
Switzerland.  Its  chief  charm  lies  in  the  author's  har- 
monious pictures  of  the  child  Heidi  and  the  out-of- 
door  life  about  her. 

Stoddard,  W.  O.    Two  Arrows.     Harper 60 

One  of  the  few  really  good  Indian  stories,  and  one  that 
makes  a  strong  plea  for  the  education  of  the   Indian. 

17 


Stwin,  Adam.    Eyes  Right.    Lothrop $1.25 

The  story  of  how  Johnny  and  Fred  found  out  things  by 
keeping  their  "eyes  right"  is  entertaining  as  well  as  in- 
structive, and  is  pretty  sure  to  stimulate  boys  and  girls 
to  follow  their  example. 

Swift,  Johathan  (Scudder,  ed.).    Gulliver's  Travels.    Hough- 
ton  60 

The  Voyages  to  Lilliput  and  Brobdingnag. 

White,  E.  O.    When  Molly  Was  Six.    Houghton $1.00 

When  Molly  was  six  she  had  as  good  a  time  with  her 
dollies  and  her  cats,  her  brother  and  her  friends,  as  any 
little  girl  of  six  who  is  herself  as  sweet  as  a  red,  red 
rose  possibly  can  have,  and  any  little  girl  who  reads 
the  story  will  feel  as  if  she  had  been  in  these  good  times 
herself. 

White,  S.  E.    The  Magic  Forest.    Macmillan $1.20 

A  delicate,  coddled  little  nine-year-old  boy  who  in  spite 
of  his  delicacy  loves  "God's  great  house  of  out-of- 
doors"  better  than  anything  else,  in  a  somnambulistic 
sleep  walks  off  the  train  on  which  he  is  being  taken  a 
journey  for  his  health  into  a  Canadian  forest  where  he 
spends  the  year  among  the  Indians.  The  book  has  great 
charm  of  style,  and  is  beautifully  printed  and  illustrated. 

Williams,  Sherman.     Choice  Literature,  Book  i.,  Interme- 
diate.   Am.  Bk.  Co 28 

Aladdin,  or  the  Wonderful  Lamp,  Pandora  and  the  Mi- 
raculous Pitcher  from  Hawthorne,  Rip  Van  Winkle,  a 
selection  from  Pilgrim's  Progress,  the  Pied  Piper  of 
Hamelin  and  others. 

Winnington,  Laura,  ed.     The  Outlook  Fairy  Book.     Out- 
look   $1.20 

A  good  collection  from  many  sources,  in  beautiful  dress. 

Wyss,  Rev.  J.  D.  (Stickney,  ed.).    Swiss  Family  Robinson. 
Ginn 45 

"Again  and  again  do  boys  who  have  whole  libraries  at 
their  disposal  turn  from  new  books  to  find  in  the  Swiss 
Family  healthful  delight  in  legitimate  adventure,  and  a 
stimulus  to  invention  in  the  ready  use  of  ways  and 
means,  which  characterized  the  lives  of  the  Swiss  Rob- 
inson's— Preface. 

Zitkala-Sa.     Old  Indian  Legends.     Ginn 50 

Legends  of  the  Dakotah  Indians  "retold  for  blue  eyed 
little  patriots  by  one  who  heard  them  as  a  little  black 
haired  aborigine."  The  book  is  well  illustrated  by  the 
Indian  artist  Angel  DeCora. 

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FIFTH  GRADE 


Alcott,  L.  M.    Eight  Cousins.    Little $1.50 

The  story  is  that  of  a  little  orphan  girl  who  comes  to 
live  under  the  direction  of  a  kind  and  wise  uncle  in  the 
immediate  neighborhood  of  a  crowd  of  boy-cousins  with 
whom  she  makes  friends  very  shortly.  Like  most  of 
Miss  Alcott's  books  it  will  interest  and  benefit  any  boy 
or  girl  who  is  able  to  read  it;  but  it  is  best  adapted  to 
the  same  age  as  Little  Men. 

Alcott,  L.  M.    Little  Men.    Little $1.50 

Little  Men,  it  is  safe  to  say,  has  done  as  much  to  make 
boys  and  girls  good  as  any  story  that  ever  was  written. 
It  is  simply  impossible  to  live  at  Plumfield  with  Jo's 
boys  and  not  wish  to  be  honest  and  kind  and  gentle. 

Andersen,  Hans  (Scudder,  ed.).     Stories.     Houghton 40 

Andersen's'  stories  are  like  no  others  that  ever  were 
written.  He  remained  a  child  all  his  life  long,  and  a 
child  with  a  poet's  soul,  and  so  never  grew  blind  to  the 
heaven  that  lies  about  us  in  our  infancy.  No  better  se- 
lection from  his  stories  has  been  made. 

Arabian  Nights.     Houghton    40 

These  splendors  of  the  opulent  East  are  part  of  the 
heritage  of  every  child;  Sindbad's  gems  and  jewels,  Ali 
Baba's  treasure  chamber,  Aladdin's  cave — how  poor 
would  childhood  be  without  them!  And  the  good  Caliph, 
Haroun-al-Rashid.  Commander  of  the  Faithful — who 
that  has  wandered  through  the  midnight  streets  of 
Bagdad  with  him  can  ever  forget  the  romance  and  won- 
der of  it?  This  collection  of  thirteen  of  the  best  of  the 
stories  is  carefully  edited. 

Baldwin,  James.     Old  Grreek  Stories.     Am.  Bk.     Co 40 

Any  child  who  grows  up  knowing  nothing  of  the  old 
Greek  stories  suffers  a  great  lack,  for  all  great  thought 
is  largely  Greek  in  its  origin.  This  is  one  of  the  most 
pleasing  of  the  simpler  versions  of  these  tales. 

Baylor,  F.  C.    Juan  and  Juanita.     Houghton $1.50 

The  story  of  the  capture  of  two  little  Mexican  children 
by  Indians,  their  escape  and  journey  of  three  hundred 
miles  before  being  restored  to  their  mother.  Incident- 
ally, much  information  in  regard  to  both  Indian  and 
Mexican  life  is  given. 

Brooks,  E.  S.  True  Story  of  George  Washington.  Lothrop.$i.5o 

The  story  of  Washington  is  one  with  which  children 
grow  familiar  in  the  earliest  years  of  their  school  life, 
uut  it  is  rare  good  fortune  to  find  a  book  in  which  the, 
story  is  told  for  young  children's  own  reading  with  dig- 
nity and  propriety  and  which  at  the  same  time  has  re- 
gard for  the  childish  point  of  view.  Such  a  book  is  the 
one  noted  here. 

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Brooks,  Noah.     Boy  Settlers.     Scribner $1.25 

Early  times  in  Kansas  told  as  a  story  of  adventure  for 
boys. 

"We  cross  the  prairie  as  of  old 
The  Pilgrims  crossed  the  sea, 
To  make  the  West,  as  they  the  East, 
The  homestead  of  the  free!" 

Brown,  A.  F.    In  the  Days  of  Giants.    Houghton $1.10 

Strength  and  the  joy  of  life  ever  marked  the  doings  of 
the  old  Norse  gods  and  heroes.  It  is  these  qualities 
also,  in  persons  or  in  books,  which  attract  children,  and 
they  are  to  be  found  in  this  book  of  tales  from  the 
Norse  mythology.  • 

Burnett,  F.  H.    Sara  Crewe.     Scribner $1.00 

The  happenings  of  this  story  are  quite  unreal,  and  Sara 
is,  to  say  the  least,  a  very  unusual  little  girl;  but  the 
ideals  of  the  story  are  those  of  gentle  breeding  and 
courage,  and  the  story  is  intensely  interesting. 

Carpenter,   F.   G.     North   America;    Geographical    Reader. 
Am.  Bk.  Co , 60 

Just  the  information  which  the  intelligent  boy  or  girl 
wants  in  regard  to  his  own  country,  its  cities,  people, 
products  and  marvels  of  natural  scenery. 

Carpenter,  *  F.    G.     South   America;    Geographical    Reader. 
Am.   Bk.   Co 60 

Mr.  Carpenter  has  a  genius  for  selecting  the  essentials 
of  a  scene  or  a  situation  and  putting  them  before  the 
reader  clearly  and  pleasingly. 

Cary,  Alice  and  Phoebe.    Ballads  for  Little  Folks.    Hough- 
ton  $1.50 

Very  many  of  these  verses  teach  lessons  of  tenderness, 
kindness,  and  other  virtues  essential  to  good  manhood 
and  womanhood.  The  playfulness  which  marks  some  of 
them  adds  to  the  child's  appreciation  of  them. 

Coolidge,  Susan.     What  Katy  Did.     Little $1.25 

The  story  of  a  careless,  happy,  active  little  girl,  who 
gets  hurt  in  a  fail  from  a  swing  and  has  to  learn  some 
hard  lessons  of  patience  and  endurance.  Everything 
comes  out  right  in  the  end,  however. 

Diaz  A.  M.    The  William  Henry  Letters.    Lothrop $1.00 

Freckles,  red  hair,  and  a  quick  temper  are  William  Hen- 
ry's failings,  but  they  weigh  little  against  honesty, 
truthfulness  and  loyalty.  The  former  makes  his  heart 
sore  many  times,  but  the  latter  wins  the  love  of  his 
schoolmates  and  make  glad  the  home  to  which  his  let- 
ters go. 


Dodgson,  Rev.  Chas.  (Lewis  Carroll,  pseud.).    Through  the 
Looking  Glass.     Macmillan   $i.oo 

A  continuation  of  Alice  in  Wonderland  and  equally 
delisrhtful. 

Edgeworth,  Maria  (M.  V.  O'Shea,  ed.).    Waste  Not,   Want 
Not.     Heath    20 

"In  our  teaching  there  must  be  nine  parts  story  and  one 
part  instruction,  and  then  the  kernel  of  moral  truth  will 
be  assimilated  with  the  rest.  The  stories  in  this  volume 
have  been  selected  in  view  of  these  principles.  They 
severally  aim  to  develop  an  appreciation  of  the  value  of 
thrift,  frankness,  genuineness,  and  many  kindred  virtues 
in  all  the  affairs  of  daily  life;  and  they  seek  to  accom- 
plish this  by  presenting  to  the  young  lively  scenes 
wherein  interesting  people  or  objects  are  the  actors." — 
M.  V.  O'Shea. 

Ewing,  Juliana.    Story  of  a  Short  Life.    Heath 20 

A  pathetic  and  yet  a  courage-inspiring  story  of  a  boy 
who  fought  a  battle  "a  kingly  crown  to  gain." 

Foa,  Eugenie.     Boy  Life  of  Napoleon.     Lothrop $1.25 

A  pleasing  introduction  to  the  life  of  Napoleon,  trans- 
lated and  adapted  from  the  French  of  Mme.  Foa  by 
Elbridge  S.  Brooks. 

Gale,  A.  C.    Achilles  and  Hector.    Rand 45 

The  story  of  the  Iliad  worthily  retold.  The  boy  may 
well  learn  from  it,  as  the  author  in  her  fine  brief  preface 
suggests,  "that  a  hero  is  able  and  willing  to  do  more 
and  get  less  for  it  than  other  people." 

Gladden,  Washington.     Santa  Claus  on  a  Lark.     Century  $1.25 

Contains  also:  A  Christmas  Dinner  with  the  Man  in 
the  Moon,  Tom  Noble's  Christmas,  Strange  Adventures 
of  a  Wood-Sled,  An  Angel  in  an  Ulster,  Mr.  Haliburton 
Todd's  Eurprise  Party,  Emil's  Christmas  (jift,  Santa 
Claus  in  the  Pulpit, 

Harris,  J.   C.   (Frost,  il.).     Uncle   Remus:  His  Songs   and 
His  Sayins:s.    Appleton   $2.00 

Mr.  Frost  has  proved  himself  a  second  Uncle  Remus  in 
the  way  in  which  he  has  interpreted  these  ever  de- 
lightful stories  of  Brer  Fox,  Brer  Rabbit,  Brer  Bar,. 
Lrer  Wolf  and  their  kin.  His  pictures  tell  the  stories 
even  to  the  children  who  cannot  read  the  text.  Thi% 
volume  also  contains  many  old  plantation  songs.     ..    -  v 

21 


Howells,  W.  D.  Christmas  Every  Day  and  Other  Stories. 

Harper    $1.25 

The  book  consists  of  stories  in  a  story.  Much  of  the 
humor  with  which  readers  of  Howell's  novels  are  fa- 
miliar appears  here  in  a  form  to  be  appreciated  by  the 
children. 

Humphrey,  F.  A.  How  New  England  was  Made.  Lothrop  $1.25 

While  some  of  the  chapters,  notably  that  headed  "The 
Declaration  of  Independence,"  are  unsatisfactory, 
there  are  others  like  the  chapter  called  "How  They 
Lived,"  which  are  very  valuable.  The  type  is  large  and 
the  style  readable. 

Ker,  David.    Into  Unknown  Seas.    Harper $i.oo 

The  subject  of  the  story  is  the  always  fascinatmg  one 
of  search  for  ancient  treasure,  which  in  this  case  takes 
place  under  a  brave  and  manly  leader. 

Lang,  Andrew,  ed.    Animal  Story-Book  Reader.    Longmans    .50 
Good   selections   from   "The   Animal   Story-Book"  and 
"The  Red  Book  of  Animal  Stories."    This  smaller  vol- 
ume in  larger  type  will  be  much  more  popular  with  the 
children. 

Lear,  Edmund,  The  Book  of  Nonsense.  Warne $2.00 

"The  most  innocent  and  beneficent  of  books,"  was 
what  John  Ruskin  said  in  regard  to  Mr.  Lear's  non- 
sense books.  They  absolutely  defy  the  person  who  in- 
sists upon  finding  instruction  in  all  imaginative  litera- 
ture. 

Long,  W.  J.  Ways  of  Wood  Folk.    Ginn 50 

Foxes,  rabbits,  bears  and  birds  are  Mr.  Long's  familiar 
friends,  and  it  is  a  strange  child  who  does  not  find 
them  rapidly  becoming  his  own  as  he  reads. 

Miller,  O.  T.,  First  Book  of  Birds.    Houghton $1.00 

Mrs.  Miller  in  this  book  makes  children  very  pleasantly 
acquainted  with  many  facts  in  regard  to  the  baby  bird's 
home  and  education,  the  way  the  bird  travels,  sleeps 
and  changes  his  clothes,  the  peculiarities  of  his  beak, 
tongue,  eyes,  ears,  etc.,  and  the  way  he  works  for  us. 

Moulton,  Mrs.  L.  C.    More  Bed-Time  Stories.    Little $1.25 

These  stories  are  somewhat  old-fashioned  and  teach 
their  lessons  quite  openly,  but  they  have  also  the  good 
old  qualities  that  should  never  go  out  of  fashion  of  re- 
finement, delicacy,  and  choice  English. 

Otis,  James.     Silent  Pete.    Harper 60 

The  story  of  a  gentle  music-loving  boy  and  his  sturdy, 
generous  friend  who  go  from  New  Orleans  to  New 
York  as  stowaways  in  search  of  the  former's  aunt. 

22 


Page,  T.  N.    Two  Little  Confederates.    Scribner $1.50 

The  story  of  the  life  of  two  little  boys  on  a  Virginia 
plantation  during  the  civil  war. 

Putnam,  M.  L.     Children's  life  of  Abraham  Lincoln.    Mc- 
Clurg $1.25 

No  other  character  in  American  history  rouses  as  in- 
tense interest  in  children  as  does  that  of  Abraham  Lin- 
coln. While  the  language  of  this  life  is  somewhat  diffi- 
cult at  times,  this  interest  will  enable  the  children  to 
master  it. 

Pyle,  Howard.    Merry  Adventures  of  Robin  Hood.    Scrib- 
ner  50 

So  fully  is  this  book  expressive  of  the  hardy  and  joy- 
ous spirit  of  adventure  of  the  jolly  outlaws  of  Sherwood 
Forest,  that  the  reader  almost  feels  that  he  himself  has 
dressed  in  Lincoln  green,  eaten  venison  pastry  with 
Friar  Tuck,  wielded  a  quarter-staff  with  stout  Little 
John,  and  attended  Maid  Marian's  wedding  with  bold 
Robin  Hood.  And,  be  assured,  he  has  taken  no  harm 
from  their  companionship;  honor  and  justice  and  kindli- 
ness are  laws  observed  by  them  and  higher  than  any  on 
the  King's  statute-book.  Wherever  possible  the  three- 
dollar  edition  with  Mr.  Pyle's  own  illustrations  should 
be  used. 

Pyle,  Howard.    The  Wonder  Clock.    Harper $2.00 

When  Howard  Pyle  "puts  on  his  dream-cap"  and  "steps 
into  Wonderland,"  then  indeed  one  may  look  for  things 
to  happen,  but  even  for  him  they  never  happened  faster 
and  better  than  in  these  "four  and  twenty  marvelous 
tales,  one  for  each  hour  of  the  day." 

Rand,  W.  B.  (Chas.  Robinson,  il.).    Lilliput  Lyrics,  Lane.. $1.50 

"They  made  the  Old  Folks  come  to  school 
And  in  pinafores — that  was  the  rule. 

They  made  them  learn  all  sorts  of  things 
That  nobody  liked.    They  had  catechisings; 
They  kept  them  in,  they  sent  them  down 
In  class,  in  school,  in  Lilliput  town." 

Scudder,  H.  E.    Book  of  Legends.    Houghton 25 

Old  legends  which  make  such  a  direct  appeal  to  human 
nature  that  they  have  become  a  part  of  the  world's 
literature.     Contains: 

St.  George  and  the  Dragon, 

King  Cophetua  and  the  Beggar  Maid, 

The  Legend  of  St.  Christopher, 

The  Flying  Dutchman, 

The  Seven  Sleepers  of  Ephesus, 

William  Tell, 
and  a  dozen  others. 

23 


Scudder,  H.  E.    The  Children's  Book.    Houghton $2.50 

"A  collection  of  the  best  and  most  famous  stories  and 
poems  in  the  English  language." 
Especially  recommended  for  all  grades. 

Seton,  Ernest  Thompson.    Lobo,  Rag,  and  Vixen.    Scribner    .50 

Lobo,  Redruff,  Raggylug  and  Vixen,  from  Wild  Ani- 
mals I  Have  Known, 

Stevenson,  R.  L.    (Chas.  Robinson,  il.).    Child's  Garden  of 
Verses.     Scribner $1.50 

About  half  of  Stevenson's  Verses  are  those  which  or- 
dinary children  will  enjoy,  for  themselves,  as  for  in- 
stance. My  Shadow  and  The  Wind,  but  the  rest  of 
them  express  the  thoughts  and  feelings  of  the  deeply 
imaginative  child  only.  They  are,  however,  so  fine  and 
rich  that  it  is  worth  while  taking  pains  to  teach  the 
children  to  love  them.  The  Rand,  McNally  edition  of 
the  Child's  Garden  (second  grade)  might  be  called  the 
beginner's  edition. 

Stockton,  F.  R.     (Burt,  ed.).    Fanciful  Tales.     Scribner 50 

Marked  by  the  best  of  Stockton's  qualities,  delicacy  of 
fancy,  gentle  but  extremely  amusing  humor,  and  inter- 
est of  story. 

Stockton,  F.  R.    Ting-a-Ting  Tales.    Scribner $1.00 

Modern  fairy-stories  of  the  best  kind. 

Stoddard,  W.  O.     Dab  Kinzer.    Scribner $1.50 

This  "story  of  a  growing  boy"  has  what  the  author's 
stories  always  have,  "go"  and  energy  and  good  cheer. 

Stoddard,  W.   O.     Red  Mustang.     Harper 60 

A  story  of  the  Mexican  Border. 

Stoddard,  W.  O.    The  Talking  Leaves.     Harper 60 

The  "Talking  Leaves"  were  three  illustrated  magazines 
thrown  away  by  a  government  train  and  picked  up  by 
Ni-ha-be,  the  little  daughter  of  a  great  Apache  chief, 
and  her  friend  Rita,  who  was  an  Indian  by  adoption,  but 
who  was  afterwards  restored  to  her  own  people. 

Stoddard,  W.  O.    Little  Smoke.    Appleton $1.50 

A  good  story  of  Indian  life  and  of  the  Custer  massacre. 

Taylor,  Bayard.     Boys  of  Other  Countries.     Putnam $1.25 

Inspiring  stories   of  boys   in   Sweden,   Egypt,   Iceland, 

Germany,  and  Russia. 

A  new  and  attractive  edition  of  a  favorite  old  book. 

Valentine,   L.     Aunt   Louisa's   Book   of   Common   Things. 
Warne  Bds.,  .50;  cloth  $1.00 

Rice,  coffee,  tea,  cheese,  wool,  tin,  cork,  paper,  etc.,  are 
among  the  common  things  whose  origin  and  prepara- 
tion are  explained  to  little  May  by  a  most  obliging 
and  well-informed  fairy. 

24 


Wade,  M.  H.    Our  Little  Japanese  Cousin.   Page 60 

Lotus  Blossom  and  her  little  brother  Toyo  are  typical 
children  rather  than  individual  children,  but  Japanese 
life  is  made  much  clearer  and  more  interesting  than 
it  could  oe  in  any  purely  impersonal  description. 

Wide  World.     Geographical  Reader:     Youth's  Companion 

Series.     Ginn  • 25 

"The  Wide  World"  is  a  wide  world  of  children.  The 
series  to  which  this  book  belongs  is  a  marvel  of  cheap- 
ness and  good  quality.  Paper,  print,  pictures,  matter 
and  manner  are  all  satisfactory. 

Wiggin,  K.  D.     The  Bird's  Christmas  Carol.     Houghton..     .50 

How  Carol  Bird  made  a  Merry  Christmas  for  the 
"Ruggleses  in  the  rear."  A  pathetic  story  of  a  little 
invalid  f?irl  relieved  by  the  rich  humour  so  characteristic 
of  all  Mrs.  Wiggin's  writing. 

Williams,  Sherman.    Choice  Literature,  Intermediate.    Book 

2.     Am.   Bk.   Co 35 

Selections  from  Cooper,  Longfellow,  other  American 
and  a  few  English  writers. 

Wright,  J.  McN.    Seaside  and  Wayside.    No.  3.    Heath-. ...     .45 

Plants,  insects,  birds  and  fishes. 


SIXTH  GRADE 


Abbot,  A.  B.    A  Frigate's  Namesake.    Century : $1.00 

Essex  Thurston,  aged  twelve,  born  with  a  real  love  for 
the  sea,  keeps  her  enthusiasm  through  her  schooldays, 
and  we  last  see  her  aboard  the  Wineegan  as  it  speeds 
down  the  ways  into  the  sea  beyond.  This  book  has 
proved  of  value  in  interesting  girls  in  naval  history. 

Alcott,  L.  M.    Jack  and  Jill.     Little.. $1.50 

Jack  is  a  rich  little  boy,  Jill  is  a  poor  little  girl,  and 
they  are  friends.  In  a  coasting  accident  both  are  in- 
jured. They  have  a  long,  trying  time  of  sickness,  es- 
pecially Jill,  before  they  regain  health,  and  the  story 
shows  how  the  love  and  thoughtfulness  of  their  friends 
helped  them  through  this  period.  The  story  shows  also 
the  possibility  of  hearty,  sensible  boy-and-girl  friend- 
ship. 

Alcott,  L.  M.    Old-Fashioned  Thanksgiving.    Little $1.00 

This  is  the  sixth  collection  of  short  stories  from  Aunt 
Jo's  Scrap  Bag.  Good  short  stories  of  play-days  after 
Miss  Alcott's  usual  style. 

25  . 


Alcott,  L.  M.    Under  the  Lilacs.    Little $1.50 

Ben  and  his  dog  Sancho  ran  away  from  a  circus  and 
found  a  home  with  Bab  and  Betty  in  the  old  house 
Under  the  Lilacs.  As  in  all  of  Miss  Alcott's  stories  the 
moral  influence  is  decidedly  good. 

Bellamy,  B.  W.,  and  Goodwin,  M.  W.,  eds.    Open  Sesame. 
Vol.  I.    Ginn 75 

True  literary  taste  has  been  used  in  making  these  selec- 
tions. They  are  classed  under  Sentiment  and  Story, 
Nature,  Playtime,  Loyalty  and  Heroism,  Holidays  and 
Holy  Days,  Fairy  Folk  and  Fable,  Nursery  Rhymes, 
and  Cradle  Songs. 

Bouvet,  Margaret.    Sweet  William.    McClurg $1.25 

A  romantic  story  of  a  little  Prince  of  Normandy  who 
was  falsely  imprisoned  in  a  castle  during  the  days  of 
chivalry. 

Boyesen,  H.  H.  Modern  Vikings.    Scribner $1.25 

Stories  of  life  and  sport  in  Norseland  told  to  the  au- 
thor's own  children. 

"For  my  Vikings  love  song  and  saga, 

Like  their  conquering  fathers  of  old; 

And  these  are  some  of  the  stories 

To  the  three  little  tyrants  I  told." 

Brackett,  A.  C.  and  Eliot,  I.  M.,  eds.    Poetry  for  Home  and 
School.    Putnam $1.25 

One  of  the  most  practical  single  book  collections  of 
poetry  for  children  yet  made.  The  child  of  any  grade 
from  the  third  upward  will  find  something  good  for  his 
own  reading.  The  poems  for  younger  children  come 
first  in  the  book,  and  the  difficulty  grows  by  easy  grada- 
tions until  poems  of  a  serious  reflective  nature  are 
reached. 

Brooks,  E.  S.    True  Story  of  Abraham  Lincoln.    Lothrop.$i.5o 

No  character  in  American  history  takes  such  a  vital  hold 
on  the  aflFections  of  quite  young  children  as  that  of 
Abraham  Lincoln,  and  the  author  has  shown  unusual 
skill  in  presenting  it  truly  yet  with  due  regard  for  the 
limits  of  the  child-reader. 

Buckley,  F.  B.    Fairy  Land  of  Science.    Appleton $1.50 

The  work  of  water  and  ice,  the  formation  of  coal,  the 
life  and  mutual  aid  of  bees  and  flowers,  the  wonders  of 
sound,  etc.,  are  so  clearly  and  entertainingly  set  forth 
as  to  lead  young  readers  into  a  genuine  fairy-land  of 
marvels. 

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Carpenter,  F.  G.    Asia;  Geographical  Reader.    Am.  Bk.  Co.     .60 

L^he  standard  of  excellence  in  this  author's  books  is 
very  high.  He  never  makes  the  mistake  of  depending 
upon  the  exceptional  and  the  accidental  to  give  inter- 
est to  his  writings.  Any  child  who  has  an  opportunity 
will  read  this  book,  and  having  done  so  he  will  be  bet- 
ter informed  than  the  majority  of  grown  people  in  re- 
gard to  the  most  important  facts  about  Asia. 

Carpenter,    F.   G.     Australasia,    Our    Colonies   and    Other 
Islands  of  the  Sea;  Geographical  Reader.    Am.  Bk.  Co.. .     .60 

This  latest  of  this  valuable  series  falls  in  no  respect 
below  its  predecessors  and  is  particularly  useful  in  its 
treatment  of  our  new  possessions. 

Carpenter,  F.  G.    Europe;  Geographical  Reader.    Am.  Bk. 
Co 70 

Mr  Carpenter  has  not  only  made  a  wise  selection  of 
subjects,  but  he  knows  how  to  write  for  children,  so 
that  his  geographical  readers  are  not  dry  text-books, 
but  interesting  reading. 

Champlin,  J.  H.,  and  Bostwick,  A.  E.    Young  Folks*  Cyclo- 
paedia of  Games  and  Sports.    Holt  $2.50 

A  veritable  treasure-house  of  pleasant  knowledge.  It 
should  be  in  every  school-room.  The  play  instinct  in 
children,  like  all  good  instincts,  needs  to  be  cultivated 
and  developed,  and  this  book  will  prove  a  great  aid  in 
doing  this.  Golf,  football,  baseball,  tennis,  etc.,  are 
fully  treated,  as  well  as  thousands  of  simpler  sports. 
Many  simple  chemical  and  physical  experiments  are 
given  as  play  which  are  also  valuable  for  instruction. 

Coolidge,  Susan.    What  Katy  Did  at  School.  Little $1.2;, 

A  good  story  of  boarding-school  life.  The  inevitable 
mischief  is  funny,  clever,  and  not  malicious,  while  the 
high  ideals  and  gentle  breeding  of  Katy  and  Clover 
Carr  are  very  winning. 

Cotes,  Mrs.  E.    Story  of  Sonny  Sahib.    Appleton $1.00 

The  mother  of  a  little  English  baby  born  in  India  at 
the  time  of  the  mutiny  dies,  and  the  child,  who  is  sup- 
posed by  his  father,  an  army  officer,  to  have  been 
killed,  grows  up  among  the  natives  tenderly  cared  for 
by  his  nurse.  The  story  concerns  itself  with  the  way 
in  which  the  boy  comes  to  the  court  of  the  Maharajah, 
his  loyalty  to  his  native  friends  when  his  own  life  seems 
to  depend  upon  his  betraying  them,  and  the  effect  of 
his  conduct  upon  his  future  life. 

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Dana,  Mrs.  W.  S.    Plants  and  Their  Children.   Am.  Bk.  Co.     .65 

To  write  a  book  about  plants  which  is  interesting  to 
children  is  a  most  difficult  task.  Mrs.  Dana  has  had  a 
far  greater  degree  of  success  than  has  fallen  to  the  lot 
of  most  writers  who  have  undertaken  it.  It  is  as  read- 
able as  a  book  of  information  can  well  be  made,  and  it 
is  hardly  too  much  to  call  its  style  charming. 

Davis,  Mrs.  R.  H.    Kent  Hampden.    Scribner $1.00 

Kent  Hampden's  father  is  suspected  of  having  stolen 
a  large  sum  of  money  and  Kent  sets  himself  to  clear  up 
the  mystery.  The  story  is  located  in  West  Virginia, 
or  as  it  then  was,  Virginia. 

Defoe,  Daniel.    Robinson  Crusoe.    Macmillan $1.25 

Dodge,  M.  M.     Hans  Brinker.     Scribner $1.50 

Dutch  patience,  loyalty,  and  steadfastness  stand  out 
clearly  in  this  story,  as  well  as  the  externals  of  Dutch 
landscape  and  society.  Through  many  hardships  Hans, 
Gretel,  their  brave  mother  and  their  injured  father 
come  to  good  fortune  and  happiness. 

Ewing,  Mrs.  J.  H.    Jackanapes.    Houghton 25 

A  most  artistic  story,  presenting  one  of  the  noblest 
heroes  in  child-fiction.  The  deep  pathos  brings  tears 
to  the  eyes,  but  it  is  relieved  by  tender  humor  and 
dainty  sentiment. 

Goss,  W.  L.    Jed.    Crowell $1.50 

A  story  of  a  boy's  adventures  in  the  Civil  War. 

Green,  Homer.     Blind  Brother.     Crowell    50 

A  story  of  the  Pennsylvania  coal  mines.  It  tells  of  a 
boy's  eager  self-sacrifice  in  the  hope  of  gaining  for  his 
brother  the  blessing  of  sight,  of  his  sore  temptation 
and  how  he  met  it,  and  closely  interwoven  with  his 
story  is  that  of  a  man  who  does  a  great  wrong  and 
nobly  atones  for  it.    The  story  is  well  written. 

Harris,  J.  C.    Aaron  in  the  Wild  Woods.     Houghton $2.00 

Aaron,  the  runaway  slave,  the  wonderful  Grey  Pony, 
and  Little  Crotchet,  the  cripple,  his  master,  with  his 
sad,  sweet  eerie  laugnter  and  his  dear-bought  under- 
standing of  human  suffering,  the  swamp  and  its  myste- 
ries— the  reader,  child  or  man,  who  fails  to  feel  himself 
wiser  and  better  for  knowing  these,  is  to  be  pitied. 

Hawthorne,     Nathaniel.      Wonder-book    and    Tanglewood 
Tales.     Houghton 70 

Hawthorne's  beautiful  retelling  of  the  classical  myths, 
with  the  addition  of  some  of  his  own  quaint  fancies,  is 
so  well  known  as  scarcely  to  need  remark. 

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Hayes,  I.  I.    Cast  away  in  the  Cold.    Lee $1.00 

"An  old  man's  story  of  a  young  man's  adventure,"  in 
the  frozen  North  by  one  who  personally  knew  the 
scenes  of  which  he  writes.  In  spite  of  the  somewhat 
awkward  form — that  of  a  story  within  a  story — the  in- 
terest is  never  lost. 

Hunter,  M.  Van  B.    Stories  of  Famous  Children.    Ormsby.  .$1.00 

It  is  through  such  books  as  this  that  children  gain  a 
taste  for  historical  reading. 

Hurll,    E.    M.      Landseer;      Riverside    Art    Series,     No.    9. 
Houghton    50 

Children  are  by  instinct  animal  lovers.  It  is  because  of 
this  that  it  seems  well  that  their  first  book  about  art 
should  deal  with  Landseer.  Fifteen  of  his  pictures  are 
here  reproduced  and  interpreted.  While  a  book  cannot 
take  the  place  of  personal  instruction  in  appreciation 
of  art  by  children,  yet  this  one  cannot  fail  to  be  useful 
to  both  teachers  and  children. 

Ingersoll,  Ernest.    Book  of  the  Ocean.     Century $1.50 

The  following  items  from  the  table  of  contents  suggests 
something  of  the  value  of  this  book:  The  Ocean  and 
its  Origin;  The  Building  and  Rigging  of  Ships;  Secrets 
Won  from  the  Frozen  North;  Dangers  of  the  Deep; 
Fishing  and  Other  Marine  Industries. 

Johonnot,  James.     Neighbors  with  Claws  and  Hoofs.    Am. 
Bk.  Co 54 

A  very  excellent  collection  of  animal  stories. 

Johonnot,  James.     Stories  of  our  Country.     Am.  Bk.  Co. . .     .40 

The  stories  are  of  various  periods,  from  that  of  coloni- 
zation through  the  war  of  1812.  They  still  remain  stand- 
ard literature  for  children. 

Johnson,  Rossiter.    Phaeton  Rogers.     Scribner $1.50 

Phaeton  Rogers  is  a  boy  whose  inventive  genius  leads 
him  into  and  out  of  many  scrapes. 

Judd,  M.  C.     Wigwam  Stories.     Ginn 75 

"These  stories,  told  by  and  about  Indians,  have  been 
gathered  from  various  sources.  They  show,  among 
other  interesting  facts,  that  the  love  of  the  beautiful, 
and  also  of  the  humorous,  dwells  in  the  heart  of  the 
wild  Indian.  In  addition  to  the  numerous  illustrations 
from  photographs,  Miss  Angel  de  Cora,  a  young  Indian 
artist  of  great  promise,  has  contributed  three  full-page 
sketches,  the  cover  design,  and  numerous  initials  and 
designs," 

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Keeler,  H.  L.    Our  Native  Trees.    Scribner $2.00 

A  guide  to  the  identification  of  the  trees  of  the  United 
States,  with  three  hundred  and  forty  illustrations,  more 
than  half  of  them  from  photographs.  The  book  is  the 
work  of  one  who  is  a  tree-lover  as  well  as  a  botanist, 
and  besides  being  scientifically  accurate  the  book  has  a 
distinct  literary  flavor.  Invaluable  as  an  aid  to  first- 
hand acquaintance  with  the  trees. 

Ker,  David.    Lost  City.    Harper  $1.00 

An  exciting  story  of  adventure  in  Central  Asia  in  which 
two  boys  forestall  a  learned  professor  in  a  great  dis- 
covery. 

Kingsley,  Charles.     Greek  Heroes.     Ginn   30 

The  charm  of  Chas.  Kingsley's  children's  stories  lies  in 
the  fact  that  they  were  inspired  by  real  children.  In 
Greek  Heroes  he  has  told  them  of  the  courage  and  brav- 
ery of  Perseus,  Jason  and  Theseus.  His  moralizing 
is  justified  by  the  fact  that  he  was  writing  for  his  own 
children. 

Knox,  T.  W.    Boy  Travellers  in  the  Russian  Empire.    Har- 
per   $2.00 

Two  boys  with  a  marvelous  hunger  and  thirst  for 
knowledge  travel  through  a  large  part  of  the  Russian 
Empire  with  a  tutor  who  lives  for  no  other  purpose 
than  to  satisfy  their  demand  for  information.  This  thick 
and  fully  illustrated  volume  is  a  record  of  their  obser- 
vations and  conversations,  and  the  wonder  of  it  is 
that  it  really  is  very  interesting. 

Lear.    Edmund.    Nonsense  Songs  and  Stories.    Warne $1.25 

"There  was  an  Old  Derry  down  Derry,  who  loved  to 

see  little  folks  merry; 
So  he  made  them  a  Book,  and  with  laughter  they  shook 
At  the  fun  of  that  Derry  down  Derry." 

Long,  W.  J.     Wilderness  Ways.     Ginn 45 

Mr.  Long  says  in  his  preface  to  these  animal  studies: 
"Any  animal  is  interesting  enough  as  an  animal,  and 
has  character  enough  of  his  own,  without  borrowing 
anything  from  man — as  one  may  easily  find  out  by 
watching  long  enough."  Certainly  Mr.  Long  is  able  to 
find  a  surprising  degree  of  interesting  character  in  the 
most  unpromising  animal,  even  the  frog. 

Longfellow,  H.  W.     Children's  Hour,  Paul  Revere*s  Ride 
and  Other  Poems.    Houghton 40 

Contains  an  excellent  selection  of  the  shorter  poems, 
and  also  a  brief  but  very  useful  sketch  of  the  poet's  life. 

Mabie,  H.  W.    Norse  Stories.    Rand 40 

One  of  the  best  versions. 

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MacLeod,  Mary.    Book  of  King  Arthur.     Burt $i.oo 

A  new  and  attractive  version  of  the  most  delightful  re- 
mances  of  the  Middle  Ages,  wherein  may  still  be  seen 
"noble  chivalry,  courtesy,  humanity,  friendship,  coward- 
ice, murder,  hate,  virtue,  sin.  Do  after  the  good,  and 
leave  the  evil  and  it  shall  bring  you  to  good  fame  and 
renown." 

Miller,  Mrs.  O.  T.    The  Second  Book  of  Birds.    Houghton. $i.oo 

When  it  is  said  that  this  book  treats  of  North  Ameri- 
can birds  as  divided  into  families,  explaining  why  the 
birds  are  thus  grouped  and  how  the  families  may  be 
distinguished,  rather  dry  reading  is  suggested,  but  noth- 
ing could  be  further  from  the  fact.  On  the  contrary, 
the  book  is  so  marked  by  what  may  be  called  the  per- 
sonalities of  bird-life,  that  the  reader  finds  himself  un- 
consciously feeling  towards  thrushes  and  creepers  and 
dippers  and  wagtails  and  the  rest  as  indeed  "little 
brothers  of  the  air." 

Moulton,  L.  C.    New  Bed-Time  Stories.    Little $1.25 

Simple  home  stories  for  girls  and  boys. 

Natural  History  Book  for  Children.   Warne.Bds.  .50;  cloth. $1.00 

Children  gain  very  much  from  the  many  pictures  and 
the  brief  descriptions  and  anecdotes  given  here. 

Norton,  C.  E.,  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books,  No.  4.    Heath 50 

Contains  besides  other  selections,  Mrs.  Molesworth's 
Brown  Bull  of  Norrowa,  Ruskin's  King  of  the  Golden 
River,  Niebuhr's  Story  of  the  Argonauts,  Lamb's  Ad- 
ventures of  Ulysses,  and  The  Rescue,  from  Sir  Walter 
Scott's  Antiquary. 

Richards,  L.  E.    When  I  was  Your  Age.    Estes $1.25 

The  manner  in  which  Mrs.  Richards  has  told  the  story 
of  her  youthful  days  in  the  lives  of  her  brother  and 
sisters  proves  that  she  can  never  lose  the  child's  point 
of  view.  The  children  of  Dr.  Howe  and  Julia  Ward 
Howe  could  not  be  other  than  interesting,  and  the 
book  is  alive  with  their  pranks. 

Ruskin,  John,  and  Others.    The  King  of  the  Golden  River 
and  Other  Wonder  Stories.    Houghton 25 

In  the  name  story  "the  inheritance  which  was  lost  by 
cruelty  was  regained  by  love."  Besides  Ruskin,  Bjorn- 
son,  Andersen,  Grimm  and  Scudder  are  represented  in 
this  little  book. 

St.  Nicholas  Magazine.    Bound  volume.    Century $4.00 

If  it  were  possible  to  bring  a  new  number  of  St.  Nicho- 
las Magazine  into  every  home  and  school-room  in  the 
land  every  month  with  its  wealth  of  entertainment  and 
instruction  it  would  be  a  desirable  thing  to  do.  The 
only  objection  to  a  bound  volume  of  St.  Nicholas  is 
that  it  wears  out  too  soon,  and  this  is  the  fault  of  the 
publishers  only  in  making  it  too  attractive. 

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Seawell,  M.  E.     Little  Jarvis.    Appleton $i.oo 

The  pathetic  story  of  a  little  midshipman,  gay  and  care- 
less, yet  ready  to  answer  with  his  life  at  honor's  call. 

Seton,  Ernest  Thompson.    Krag  and  Johnny  Bear.    Scrib- 
ner    50 

Krag,  Randy,  Johnny  Bear  and  Chink,  from  "Lives  of 
the  Hunted." 

Stockton,  F.  R.    The  Floating  Prince.     Scribner $1.50 

Fairy  stories  containing  a  strong  element  of  humor, 
Such  conceptions  as  that  of  the  Reformed  Pirate,  who 
is  subject  to  relapses  into  piracy  but  who  conquers  the 
tendency  but  industriously  knitting  tidies,  would  hardly 
be  found  elsewhere  than  in  Stockton. 

Stockton,  F.  R.    Story  of  Viteau.    Scribner $1.50 

A  boy's  life  in  the  period  of  chivalry  in  France.  The 
boy  hero  is  a  somewhat  reckless  lad,  who  through 
his  recklessness  is  captured  by  a  robber  band  and  held 
for  ransom.  The  mixture  of  splendor  and  rudeness,  of 
chivalry  and  lawlessness  of  the  period  is  well  repre- 
sented. 

Stoddard,  W.  O.     Crowded  out  of  Crofield.     Appleton $1.50 

There  is  always  "something  doing"  in  Mr.  Stoddard's 
books.  It  must  be  confessed  that  more  adventures  and 
more  successes  than  are  likely  to  fall  to  the  lot  of  the 
ordinary  boy  are  portioned  out  to  his  heroes  by  the 
author,  but  they  are  wholesome,  manly  boys,  and  there 
is  a  corner  in  the  boy's  book-shelf  which  properly  be- 
longs to  books  of  stirring  action  in  everyday  life. 

Stoddard,  W.  O.     With  the  Black  Prince.     Appleton $1.50 

A  story  of  the  fourteenth  century.  While  Mr.  Stoddard 
may  not  be  quite  as  much  at  home  in  the  England  of 
that  time  as  he  is  in  an  American  village  of  to-day,  still 
the  young  reader  will  gain  much  information  as  to  the 
customs  and  manners  of  the  time,  and  there  is  not  a 
dull  minute  in  the  book. 

Stuart,  R.  McE.    Solomon   Crow's   Christmas  Pockets   and 
other  Tales.    Harper $1-25 

Stories  of  Southern  child-life  by  a  well  kncfwn  writer.  A 
delightful  book  for  young  and  old. 

Swinton,  Wm.  and  Cathcart,  G.  R.   (eds.)     Reading  from 
Nature's  Book.     Am.  Bk.  Co 65 

The  p^reat  writers  as  a  rule  have  been  drawn  upon  for 
the  material  of  this  book.  It  is  a  good  book  for  a  child 
to  own  and  to  grow  up  to,  but  he  will  at  once  find  much 
in  it  which  he  will  understand  and  enjoy. 

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UNIVERSITY 

OF 

Tappan,  E.  M.    Our  Country's  Story.    Houghtoilrr. . .  .ttTT.     .65 

This  book  avoids  the  common  fault  of  histories  for 
children  of  putting  the  emphasis  upon  incidentals  rather 
than  essentials,  in  an  attempt  to  interest  children.  The 
writer  has  succeeded  admirably  in  being  simple  without 
being  trivial.  The  illustrations  are  good,  the  book 
work  excellent,  as  the  work  of  its  publishers  uniformly 
is.  The  first  part  of  the  history  of  our  country  is  much 
more  fully  treated  than  the  period  of  and  succeeding 
the  civil  war. 

Toward  the  Rising  Sun.    Youth's  Companion  Series.    Ginn.     .25 

The  geography  lessons  on  Asia  will  be  made  very  real 
by  this  little  book.  It  will  be  read  as  a  ple^'^ure  and  not 
as  a  task. 

True,  J.  P.    The  Iron  Star.    Little  Brown $1.50 

School    Edition    $1.00 

The  Iron  Star  was  a  meteorite  which  fell  to  the  earth 
in  the  myth  age,  where  Umpl  and  Sptz,  two  savages, 
stood  gazing  in  terror.  They  guarded  the  pieces  of 
iron  all  their  days  and  handed  them  down  to  their  chil- 
dren from  generation  to  generation.  The  author  takes 
this  way  of  suggesting  the  growth  of  civilization  from 
the  time  of  the  cave  men  down  through  the  stone, 
bronze  and  iron  ages  to  the  days  of  Myles  Standish. 

True,  J.  P.    Scouting  for  Washington.    Little $1.00 

A  story  of  the  days  of  Sumter  and  Tarleton. 
Wade,  M.  H.    Our  Little  Russian  Cousin.     Page 60 

A  very  readable  little  information  book  on  the  model 
of  the  Seven  Little  Sisters. 

Ward,  E.  S.    Gypsy  Breynton.    Dodd $1.50 

"There  is  apt  to  be  a  pin  in  her  gathers,  but  there  is 
sure  to  be  a  laugh  in  her  eyes."  No  girl  will  take  any 
harm  from  association  with  Gypsy  in  all  her  scrapes 
and  misdemeanors,  for  Gypsy  has  a  wise  and  good 
mother  whom  she  loves  with  all  her  impulsive  little 
soul,  and  would  not  do  a  mean  or  an  unkind  thing  under 
any  circumstances. 

White,  E.  O.    A  Little  Girl  of  Long  Ago.    Houghton $1.00 

Although  Marietta  Hamilton  was  a  little  girl  of  long 
ago,  she  and  her  brothers  and  sisters  were  very  like 
the  boys  and  girls  of  the  present  time  in  their  love  of 
fun  and  mischief.  Nevertheless  they  are  very  sweet 
and  well-bred  children,  who  are  worth  knownig. 

Wiggin,  K.  D.,  and  Smith,  Nora.     The   Posy  Ring.     Mc- 

Clure    $1.25 

Simple  poetical  selections,  grave  and  gay,  chosen  always 
with  excellent  taste.  Excellent  poems  for  school  work 
and  for  occasions  are  to  be  found  here. 

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Wilkins,  M.  E.    Young  Lucretia,  and  Other  Stories.    Har- 
per   $1.25 

There  are  thirteen  of  these  stories.  The  only  unlucky 
thing  about  them  is  that  there  are  not  more  of  them. 
"When  the  Christmas  Tree  Grew"  is  a  good  story  for 
the  holiday  time. 

Wright,  J.  McN.    Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  4.     Heath 50 

Something  of  elementary  geology  and  astronomy,  to- 
gether with  some  little  account  of  the  order  of  develop- 
ment of  animal  life. 

SEVENTH  GRADE 


Alcott,  L.  M.     Jimmy's  Cruise.     Little $1.00 

A  collection  of  short  stories  in  Miss  Alcott's  best  man- 
ner. The  name  story  is  of  a  boy  and  girl  who  are  made 
happy  by  finding  in  their  ability  to  sing  a  means  of 
earning  needed  comforts  for  those  they  love. 

Alcott,  L.  M.    Little  Women.    Little $1.50 

Why  write  a  note  on  Little  Women?  Who  is  there  of 
age  to  have  read  it  who  does  not  know  this  best  of 
all  stories  of  girl  life,  this  picture  of  the  ideal  Ameri- 
can home?  And  yet  how  can  one  who  has  the  oppor- 
tunity fail  to  pay  tribute  to  it?  In  it  all  the  high  the- 
ories of  the  transcendentalists  came  down  to  earth 
transformed  into  working  principles,  and  we  see  how  it 
is  possible  being  poor  yet  to  be  rich,  and  having  little 
yet  to  have  all. 

Alcott,  L.  M.    Old-fashioned  Girl.    Little $1.50 

Many  lovers  of  Jo  March  find  their  allegiance  divided 
between  her  and  Polly,  the  old-fashioned  girl.  The 
book  is  one  of  the  best  of  a  writer  whose  books  for 
young  folks  are  all  good. 

Alton,  Edmund.     Among  the  Law-Makers.    Scribner $1.50 

A  clear  account  of  the  way  Congress  conducts  itself 
and  makes  our  laws. 

Ayrton,  Mrs.  M.  C,  (Griffis,  W.  E.,  ed.)  Child  Life  in  Japan. 
Heath  t ao 

The  festivals,  games  and  sports  of  Japanese  children, 
also  some  of  the  stories  which  are  told  to  them. 

Baldwin,  Jas.     Story  of  Roland.     Scribner $1.50 

Stories  of  Roland  and  Ogier  the  Dane,  culled  from  the 
many  legends  of  Charlemagne  and  his  Paladins  of 
France,  and  retold  in  the  old  chivalrous  spirit  for  mod- 
ern knights. 

Barbour,  R.  H.    For  the  Honor  of  the  School.    Appleton.  .$1.50 

Cross  country  racing,  football,  skating  and  track  ath- 
letics.    A  wholesome  story  for  boys. 

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Barnes,  Jas.    Hero  of  Erie.    Appleton $ix)0 

While  the  story  of  Commodore  Perry  is  especially  in- 
teresting to  Ohio  children,  "Perry's  Victory"  is  the  just 
pride  of  all  Americans. 

Beard,  D.  C.    Jack  of  all  Trades.    Scribner $2.00 

Ideas  for  boys  who  want  to  make  things  and  details 
for  carrying  them  out.  Partial  contents:  Tree-top 
Club  Houses,  The  Back-yard  Zoo,  A  Daniel  Boone 
Cabin,  A  Home-made  Circus,  An  American  Boy's 
House-Boat,    How  to  have  a  Panorama  Show. 

Bellamy.  B.  W.,  and  Goodwin,  M.  W.,  eds.    Open  Sesame. 
Vol.  II.     Ginn  75 

Selections,  mainly  poetical,  arranged  for  boys  and  girls 
from  ten  to  fourteen  years  old.  "Open  Sesame,"  it  will 
be  remembered,  was  the  magic  formula  which  swung 
back  the  door  to  the  Forty  Thieves'  treasure-cave.  It 
is  treasure,  indeed,  which  these  books  contain.  The 
teacher  or  parent  should  be  satisfied  if  the  ordinary 
child  succeeds  in  making  his  own  one-tenth  part  of  it. 

Blaisdell,  A.  F.,  and  Ball,  F.  K.    Hero  Stories  from  Amer- 
ican   History.     Ginn 50 

"Notable  and  dramatic  events,"  such  as  the  capture 
of  Fort  Vincennes  by  George  Rogers  Clarke,  the  Cana- 
dian Campaign  of  Benedict  Arnold,  the  Defense  of  Fort 
Moultrie,  the  Death  of  Nathan  Hale,  Wayne's  Capture 
of  Stony  Point,  the  Battle  of  New  Orleans,  and  others, 
are  here  set  forth  in  a  strong  and  vivid  manner. 

Blaisdell,  A.  F.    Stories  from  English  History.     Ginn 40 

The  riches  of  English  history  are  the  rightful  inheri- 
tance of  the  American  child.  These  stories  have  inter- 
est in  themselves  sufficient  to  greatly  attract.  In  addi- 
tion to  this  they  are  skilfully  told,  and  the  illustrations 
are  good. 

Blaisdell,  A.  F.    The  Story  of  American  History.    Ginn 60 

The  children  as  well  as  the  subject  have  been  consid- 
ered in  the  making  of  this  book.  The  references  for 
reading  are  valuable. 

Boyesen,  H.  H.    Boyhood  in  Norway.    Scribner $1.35 

Short  stories  of  boy  life  in  Norway  by  a  true  son  of  the 
Vikings. 

Brooks,   E.  S.     Historic   Girls.     Putnam $1.50 

Contents:  Zenobia  of  Palmyra,  Helena  of  Britain,  Pul- 
cheria  of  Constantinople,  Clotilda  of  Burgundy,  Woo 
of  Hwang-Ho,  Edith  of  Scotland,  Jacqueline  of  Hol- 
land, Catarina  of  Venice,  Theresa  of  Avila,  Elizabeth 
of  Tudor,  Christina  of  Sweden,  and  Ma-to-oka  of  Pow- 
ha-tan.  ' 

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Brooks,  Noah.     Boy  Emigrants.     Scribner $1.25 

An  overland  trip  from  Vermont  to  California  in  the 
Golden  Days  of  '49.  A  story  of  real  adventure  recall- 
ing an  interesting,  typical  experience  in  pioneer  life. 

Champlin,   J.    H.     Young   Folks'    Cyclopedia   of    Common 
Things.     Holt    $2.50 

While    intended    for    reference    and    not    for    ordinary 
reading,  this  is  yet  indispensable  to  the  child's  library. 
Long  before  he  can  successfully  use  the  full-grown  cy- 
clopedia he  can  here  gain  the  method  and  the  habit  of  . 
looking  up  things. 

Church,  Rev.  A.  J.    Story  of  the  Iliad.     Macmillan 50 

Church's  style  is  always  dignified  and  uplifting,  and  he 
writes  to  interpret  the  best  in  literature. 

Clemens,  S.  S.     (Mark  Twain,  pseud.)    The  Prince  and  the 
Pauper.    Harper  $i«75 

As  the  story  runs,  the  little  Edward  VI.  of  England 
changes  clothing  and  place  with  little  Tom  Canty,  the 
beggar-lad  who  is  his  double  in  appearance,  and  both 
lads  have  many  strange  adventures  in  their  new  cir- 
cumstances before  the  mistake  is  righted.  The  author  . 
himself  says  "It  may  have  happened;  it  may  not  have 
happened;  but  it  could  have  happened." 

Custer,    Elizabeth.     Boy    General.     Scribner 60 

The  life  of  Major-General  George  Armstrong  Custer, 
adapted  from  Mrs.  Custer's  "Tenting  on  the  Plains," 
"Following  the  Guidon"  and  "Boots  and  Saddles." 
Mrs.  Custer  accompanied  her  husband's  regiment  into 
the  west  and  writes  from  personal  experience. 

De  Amicis,  Edmond.    Cuore:    An  Italian  Schoolboy's  Jour- 
nal.    Crowell   $1.25 

Chiefly  valuable  as  a  study  of  Italian  child  life,  but  the 
children  will  read  it  and  be  helped  by  the  high  moral 
courage  of  Enrico,  Derossi  and  their  schoolmates.  This 
book  only  needs  to  be  better  known  to  become  a  uni- 
versal favorite. 

Deland,  E.  D.  Katrina.    Wilde $1.50 

A  summer  vacation  at  the  Perkins'  farm  with  Katrina 
and  the  Boarders,  some  of  whom  were  no  older  than 
Katrina  and  quite  as  lively.  Later  she  visits  them  in 
New  York. 

Dodge,  M.  M.    Land  of  Pluck.    Century $1.50 

The  last  two-thirds  of  this  book  consists  of  stories 
which  are  much  simpler  than  the  Sketches  of  Holland 
which  constitute  the  first  third.  The  whole  book,  how- 
ever, is  delightful  reading. 

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Dodge,  M.  M.    Donald  and  Dorothy.    Century $1.50 

Donald  and  Dorothy  are  a  boy  and  girl  of  fourteen, 
healthy  and  wealthy,  and  happy  except  for  the  prob- 
blem  which  disturbs  them — whether  they  are  really 
brother  and  sister.  This  doubt  arises  from  the  con- 
fusion of  identity  of  two  babies,  one  of  whom  was 
saved  and  one  lost  in  a  shipwreck.  Part  of  the  inter- 
est of  the  book  lies  in  the  solution  of  this  problem, 
and  part  in  the  happy  home-life  of  the  children. 

Drake,  S.  A.     On  Plymouth  Rock.     Lee 60 

The  story,  based  largely  on  Governor  Bradford's  his- 
tory, of  the  first  two  years  of  the  life  of  the  Plymouth 
colonists. 

Giberne,  Agnes.    Father  Aldur;  a  Water  Story.    Am.  Tract 
Soc $1^5 

The  story  of  a  river  and  that  of  a  family  of  children 
and  their  friends  are  closely  interwoven;  not  so  close- 
ly, however,  that  there  is  not  an  opportunity  for  judi- 
cious skipping  if  the  fortunes  of  the  latter  become 
more  interesting  than  those  of  the  former. 

Gibson,  W.  H.     Eye-Spy.     Harper $2.50 

One  of  the  most  attractive  nature  books  ever  written. 
Beautiful  in  style,  carefully  illustrated  by  the  author, 
who  was  both  naturalist  and  artist,  the  book  cannot 
fail  to  interest  young  people  in  the  insect  and  plant  life 
around  them. 

Good,   Arthur.     Magic   Experiments;   or   Science   in   Play. 
David  McKay $1.25 

Tricks  and  experiments  that  any  boy  can  manage  with 
simple  articles,  such  as  kitchen  utensils,  corks,  matches, 
glasses,  knives,  forks  and  plates.  The  illustrations  are 
clear  and  suggestive. 

Goss,  W.  L.     Tom  Clifton.     Crowell $1.50 

The  hero  is  a  minister's  son  of  the  proverbial  kind, 
and  the  story  deals  not  only  with  his  life  in  Grant's 
and  Sherman's  army  from  '61  to  '65,  but  with  his  pre- 
vious trip  from  the  Atlantic  coast  to  the  Northwest, 
and  his  life  in  the  latter  region. 

Hart,   A.   B.     Camps    and    Firesides     of   the     Revolution. 
Source  Readers.    No.  2.    Macmillan .50 

To  bring  that  which  is  far  off  near,  to  make  the  past 
live  as  the  present,  to  bring  before  the  mind's  eye  the 
thing  which  vanished  from  the  earth  years  upon  years 
ago — this  must  be  done  if  history  is  to  be  anything 
more  than  meaningless  words.  Such  books  as  this  help  i 
mightily  in  accomplishing  this   task. 

Z1 


Hart,  A.  B.    How  Our  Grandfathers  Lived;    Source  Reader 
in  American  History,  No.  3.    Macmillan 60 

It  would"  be  a  dull  girl  indeed  who  should  fail  to  find 
interest  in  Abigail  Adam's  letters  describing  the  dress 
and  manners  of  the  court  of  St,  James,  or  in  Dolly- 
Madison's  account  of  the  fashions  in  Philadelphia,  and 
the  boy  would  be  most  unusual  who  did  not  care  for 
the  stories  of  bear  fights,  Indian  adventure,  fire  at  sea, 
etc.,  related  here,  especially  when  added  to  their  in- 
trinsic interest  in  the  assurance  that  the  tales  are  true. 

Hill,  C.  T.     Fighting  a  Fire.     Century $1.50 

The  drill  and  training  of  the  fire-fighter,  his  dangers 
and  his  heroism. 

Holmes,    O.   W.      Grandmother's    Story   of   the    Battle    of 
Bunker  Hill.    Houghton 60 

The  poems  of  Dr.  Holmes,  gathered  here,  including  the 
name-poem  and  others  of  patriotism,  the  famous  hu- 
morous poems  of  The  Wonderful  One-Hoss  Shay,  and 
How  the  Old  Horse  Won  the  Bet,  and  a  number  of 
others,  are  those  which  come  closest  to  the  understand- 
ing and  sympathies  of  boys  and  girls. 

Johonnot,  James.    A  Geographical  Reader.    Am.  Bk.  Co. . .  $1.00 

Selections  from  well-known  writers  and  travelers,  de- 
scribing natural  phenomena  and  unusual  scenes.  This 
kind  of  book  has  its  place  and  value  as  well  as  the  geo- 
graphical reader  which  deals  continuously  with  one 
country. 

Johonnot,  James.    Stories  of  the  Olden  Time.    Am.  Bk.  Co..  ..54 

Myths,  parables  and  fables,  legends,  old  ballads  and 
history,  carefully  edited  from  the  best  sources. 

Kelley,  L.  E.     Three  Hundred  Things  a  Bright  Girl  Can 
Do.      Estes    $1.20 

Useful  arts  for  girls,  quite  up-to-date  and  containing 
suggestions  for  everything  from  pie-crust  to  golf. 

King,  Captain  Charles.     Cadet  Days.     Harper $1.25 

A  story  of  life  at  West  Point  by  one  who  is  well  fitted 
to  write  of  it.  It  is  remarkable  that  so  interesting  a 
subject  has  not  inspired  other  good  fiction. 

Kipling,   Rudyard.     Jungle   Book.     Century.. $1.50 

"Feet  in  the  jungle  that  leave  no  mark. 
Eyes  that  can  see  in  the  dark,  the  dark." 

Mowgli,  the  hero  of  most  of  the  stories,  is  a  man- 
child  reared  among  the  wolf-pack,  and  to  whom  the 
fierce  law  of  the  jungle  is  as  an  open  book.  The  Jungle 
Book  is  a  book  to  be  felt,  not  described. 

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Lee,  Yan  Phou.    When  I  Was  a  Boy  in  China.    Lothrop..     .60 

This  inside  view  of  life  in  China  will  be  quite  a  reve- 
lation to  some  of  our  boys  and  girls  who  unconscious- 
ly pride  themselves  on  race-superiority.  American  ways 
by  no  means  seem  invariably  better  than  those  of  the 
Chinese  to  Yan  Phou  Lee. 

Long,  W.  J.    Secrets  of  the  Woods.     Ginn 50 

The  wood-mouse  (Tookhees,  the  'Fraid  One),  the  king-  • 
fisher,  the  red  squirrel,  "th'  ol'  beech  pa'tridge,"  the 
otter  and  the  deer  are  the  inhabitants  of  the  woods 
with  whom  Mr.  Long  here  brings  us  into  friendly  in- 
timacy. These  books  have  done  and  are  doing  much 
to  send  to  the  woods  hunters  of  "gunless  game"  who 
always  return  richer  than  they  went. 

Longfellow,  H.  W.     Evangeline.     Houghton 60 

The  connection  of  this  poem  with  American  history 
as  well  as  the  pathos  of  its  subject  causes  it  to  appeal 
early  to  the  interest  of  young  folks.  The  volume  con- 
tains a  number  of  Longfellow's  other  poems. 

Lummis,   C.   F.     Some  Strange   Corners  of   Our   Country 
Century $1.50 

The  "corners"  are  the  Southwestern  part  of  the  United 
States,  and  inhabited  by  people  with  many  curious  cus- 
toms, among  them  the  snake-dancers  of  the  Moqui  In- 
dians and  the  magicians  of  the  Navajoes. 

Marvin,  F.  S.,  Mayor,  R.  J.  C,  and  Stawell,  F.  M.    Adven- 
tures of  Odysseus.    Button $1.50 

Many  have  essayed  the  task  of  bringing  the  treasures 
of  Greek  literature  to  the  children,  with  more  or  less 
success.  These  writers  have  succeeded  in  a  very  un- 
usual manner.  Their  style  has  freedom,  vigor  and  sim- 
plicity.   The  book  is  very  pleasing  in  its  outer  form. 

Mathews,  F.  S.    Familiar  Life  in  Field  and  Forest.    Apple- 
ton $1.75 

If  the  young  reader  is  not  frightened  at  the  long  Latin 
names  (which  appear  in  modest  parenthesis),  he  will 
find  accounts  in  very  fresh  and  vigorous  Enfrlish  of 
life  which  is  familiar  in  a  degree  to  every  country  boy 
— that  of  the  'coon,  the  fox,  the  skunk,  the  muskrat  and 
many  others.     Finely  illustrated. 

Nesbit,  E.     Would-Be-Goods.     Harper $1.50 

"If  anything  in  these  chronicles  of  the  Would-Be- 
Goods  should  make  you  try  to  be  good  yourself,  the 
author  will  be  very  glad,  of  course.  But  take  my  ad- 
vice and  don't  make  a  society  for  trying.  It  is  much 
easier  without."  The  failures  of  the  Would-Be-Goods 
to  carry  out  the  purpose  for  which  they  organize  are 
so  many  and  so  very  delightful  that  it  is  a  little  doubt- 
ful whether  the  "author's"  heart  will  ever  be  rejoiced 
in  the  manner  suggested.  But  as  the  Would-Be-Goods 
are  happy  children  and  the  soul  of  honor  they  can  hard- 
ly harm  anyone  who  makes  their  acquaintance. 

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Norton,  C.  E.  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books,  No.  5.    Heath 60 

Selections  from  Arabian  Nights;  Malory's  Morte  D'- 
Arthur;  Tennyson's  Idyls  of  the  King;  Bunyan's  Pil- 
grim's Progress;  Scott's  Tales  of  a  Grandfather; 
Franklin's  Autobiography,  and  other  masterpieces  of 
English  and  American  .literature. 

Patterson,  A.  J.     Spinner  Family.     McClurg $1.00 

A  beautifully  illustrated  study  of  spiders.  When  in- 
struction can  be  made  as  delightful  as  this,  it  seems 
strange  that  all  the  world  does  not  grow  wise. 

Pyle,  Howard.    Men  of  Iron.    Harper $2.00 

Myles  Falworth,  the  hero  of  this  story  of  fourteenth 
century  chivalry  in  England,  is  the  son  of  a  great  lord 
of  fallen  fortunes.  The  boy  is  sent  from  the  retreat 
of  his  parents  to  the  castle  of  the  powerful  Earl  of 
Mackworth,  who  is  in  secret  his  father's  friend,  to  re- 
ceive knightly  training.  He  early  earns  knighthood, 
and  then  devotes  himself  to  the  restoration  of  his  blind 
father  to  those  honors  and  possessions  of  which  the 
latter  has  been  unjustly  deprived.  The  life  of  the  times 
is  brought  vividly  before  the  reader,  and  the  charac- 
ters of  Myles  and  his  friend  are  strongly  drawn. 

Pyle,  Howard.    Otto  of  the  Silver  Hand.    Scribner $2.00 

A  somewhat  grim  story,  but  the  times  of  the  robber- 
barons  in  Germany  were  grim  times,  and  it  is  with 
these  times  that  the  story  deals, 

Richards,  L.  E.    Captain  January.    Estes 50 

Little  Star  is  saved  as  a  baby  from  a  wreck  by  Cap- 
tain January,  the  old  light-house  keeper,  and  brought 
up  by  him  on  his  island.  The  old  man  and  the  child 
love  each  other  dearly,  and  the  main  interest  of  the 
story  centers  in  certain  passages  where  each  makes  an 
unselfish  choice  for  love's  sake. 

Seawell,  M.  E.    Paul  Jones.    Appleton $1.00 

Born  a  poor  Scotch  gardener's  son,  shipping  as  a  com- 
mon sailor  boy  because  there  were  so  many  mouths  to 
feed  at  home,  rising  to  the  command  of  a  ship  be- 
fore he  was  twenty.  Paul  Jones  appeals  strongly  to  the 
boy  and  he  follows  his  hero  through  his  naval  career 
with  breathless  interest.  Mrs.  Seawell  writes  well  and 
she  has  an  interesting  subject. 

Shaw,  Flora:.    Castle  Blair.    Heath 30 

The  scene  is  laid  in  Ireland.  A  bachelor  uncle  makes 
a  home  at  Castle  Blair  for  the  children  of  his  brother 
in  India,  who  is  in  the  English  service,  and  for  an  or- 
phaned niece  from  France,  who  acts  as  house-keeper. 
The  children  from  India  are  utterly  untrained,  high- 
spirited,  and  lawless,  but  are  good-hearted  and  innately 
rrood.  There  are  troublous  times,  but  everything  ends 
happily. 

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Shigemi  Shiukichi.     A  Japanese  Boy;  By  Himself.     Holt.  .$i.oo 

This  view  of  Japanese  life  from  within  is  very  enter- 
taining as  well  as  instructive. 

Strange   Lands  Near  Home.     Youth's   Companion   Series. 
Ginn   • 35 

North  America  outside  of  the  United  States. 

Tappan,  E.  M.    In  the  Days  of  Alfred  the  Great.    J^ee $1.00 

"I  have  sought  to  live  my  life  worthily,"  said  the  great 
English  king,  and  the  mists  of  a  thousand  years  have 
failed  to  obscure  the  worth  and  beauty  of  that  life.  Miss 
Tappan's  telling  of  his  story  has  a  quiet  beauty  and 
power, 

Thackeray,  W.  M.    The  Rose  and  the  Ring.    Heath 25 

The  children — and  the  world — owe  this  delightful  ab- 
surdity to  a  little  girl  friend  of  Mr.  Thackeray's,  as  it 
was  written  to  amuse  her  during  an  illness.  It  is  his 
only  juvenile,  and  more's  the  pity.  The  Rose  and  the 
Ring  each  had  the  power  of  making  its  wearer  charm- 
ing in  the  eyes  of  any  beholder.  Naturally  as  it  changed 
hands  some  complications  of  the  aflFections  arose,  and 
these  give  Mr.  Thackeray  his  opportunity,  which  he 
improves  far  beyond  the  power  of  any  brief  note  to  set 
forth. 

Trowbridge,  J.  T.    His  One  Fault.    Lee $1.25 

Kit's  one  fault  is  extreme  carelessness,  and  Kit,  who 
is  no  fool,  learns  his  lesson  thoroughly  in  the  dear 
school  of  experience. 

Wade,  M.  H.    Our  Little  Norwegian  Cousin.    Page 50 

In  story  form  but  with  the  purpose  of  instruction. 

White,  J.  S.    Boys'  and  Girls'  Plutarch.    Putnam $1.75 

"Plutarch  wrote  a  hundred  books  and  was  never  dull. 
Most  of  these  have  been  lost,  but  the  portions  which 
remain  have  been  found,  with  the  exception  of  Holy 
Writ,  more  readers  through  eighteen  centuries  than  the 
works  of  any  other  writer  of  ancient  times." — Introduc- 
tion. Although  Plutarch's  Lives  will  seem  difficult 
reading  to  most  boys  and  girls,  it  will  repay  the  effort 
required  to  master  its  difficulties. 

Whittier,    J.    G.      Complete    Poetical   Works.      Household 

Edition.     Houghton    • $1.50 

The  perfect  melody  of  Whittier's  poetry  gives  it  a 
charm  for  the  quite  young  child;  and  the  childlike  di- 
rectness and  simplicity  of  his  narrative  and  ballad 
poetry,  together  with  its  depth  of  feeling  and  wealth  of 
imagery,  give  it  a  strong  hold  on  the  affections  of  the 
growing  boy  and  girl. 

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Wiggin,  K.  D.,  and  Smith,  N.  A.,  eds.     Golden  Numbers. 
McClure $2.00 

This  collection,  by  the  same  compilers  as  the  Posy- 
Ring  and  intended  for  older  children,  has  been  evident- 
ly very  lovingly  and  carefully  chosen,  and  is  certain 
to  prove  of  permanent  value. 

Wright,   M.   O.,   and   Coues,  Elliott.     Citizen   Bird.     Mac- 
millan $1.50 

Two  children,  Nat  and  Dodo,  go  to  live  with  their  un- 
cle, Dr.  Hunter,  a  naturalist,  at  Orchard  Farm.  They, 
together  with  a  cousin  and  Rap,  a  little  lame  country 
boy,  study  birds  with  Dr.  Hunter's  help.  Unlike  many 
of  the  children  created  by  authors  solely  for  the  pur- 
pose of  receiving  instruction,  these  young  people  are 
decidedly  real.  There  is  a  vast  amount  of  instruction 
in  the  book,  but  it  is  given  in  such  form  as  to  be  ac- 
cepted with  pleasure  by  the  young  reader.  The  many 
and  fine  bird  portraits  add  much  to  the  value  of  the 
work. 

EIGHTH  GRADE 


Alcott,  L.  M.    My  Boys.     Little $1.00 

The  boys  described  in  the  sketch  which  gives  its  name 
to  the  volume  are  real  boys  whom  Miss  Alcott  knew 
and  loved.  One  of  them  is  especially  interesting  as  being 
the  original  of  Laurie  in  Little  Women,  Besides  My 
Boys  the  book  contains  a  number  of  stories. 

Alcott,  L.  M.     Spinning- Wheel  Stories.     Little. $1.25 

These,  as  their  name  suggests,  are  stories  of  the  olden 
time,  and  being  Miss  Alcott's  are,  of  course,  hopeful, 
healthful,   and  hearty. 

Aldrich,  T.  B.    Story  of  a  Bad  Boy.    Houghton $1.25 

"Well,  not  such  a  very  bad  boy."  A  story  of  New 
England  boyhood,  so  full  of  personal  reminiscence  of 
the  author's  own  youthful  days,  and  so  true  to  boy's 
ideals,  that  it  has  become  immortal. 

American    Poems.      Houghton $1.00 

Contains  the  selections  from  Longfellow,  Whittier, 
Bryant,  Holmes.  Lowell  and  Emerson,  published  sep- 
arately in  the  Riverside  Literature  Series. 

Bacon,  A.  M.    Japanese  Girls  and  Women.    Houghton 75 

Admirably  clear  and  sympathetic.  The  author  was  es- 
pecially fitted  for  her  work  by  long  years  of  daily  in- 
tercourse and  long  friendship  with  these  dainty  little 
ladies  of  the  East.  Any  intelligent  girl  of  fourteen  or 
upwards  will  find  it  pleasant  reading. 

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Baker,  R.  S.    Boy's  Book  of  Inventions.    McClure $2.00 

Sub-marine  boats,  liquid  air,  wireless  telegraphy,  motor 
vehicles,  X-Ray  photography,  kites,  the  phonograph, 
modern    sky-scrapers   and   flyiner  machines. 

Barbour,  R.  H.     The  Halfback.     Appleton $1.50 

A  story  of  school,  football  and  golf. 

Beard,    Lina   and    F.    B.      American    Girl's    Handy    Book. 
Scribner $2.00 

To  teach  girls  to  do  things,  and  to  tell  them  exactly 
how,  is  the  object  of  this  book.  Its  scope  is  too  varied 
to  be  easily  indicated;  tableaux,  holiday  parties,  how 
to  make  things,  china-painting,  out-of-door  amuse- 
ments, clubs  and  how  to  conduct  them,  are  a  small  part 
of  the   subjects   treated. 

Bellamy,  B.  W.,  and  Goodwin,  M.  W.,  eds.    Open  Sesame. 
Vol.  3.     Ginn 75 

While  many  of  the  selections  in  this  book  are  beyond 
the  average  child  of  fourteen,  there  is  enough  here 
which  is  within  his  range  to  endear  the  book  to  him, 
and  there  is  much  in  it  for  him  to  grow  toward. 

Bennett,  John.     Master  Skylark.     Century $1.50 

The  story  of  a  little  lad  who  sang  his  way  to  London 
Town  and  into  the  hearts  of  all  the  people,  among 
them  Will  Shakespeare,  playwright.  The  book  is  well 
written  and  will  arouse  the  children's  interest  in  Shake- 
spearean literature  and  familiarize  them  with  the  quaint 
English  of  the  Elizabethan  period. 

Boyesen,  H.  H.    Against  Heavy  Odds.    Scribner $1.35 

Brooks,  E.  S.     Chivalric  Days.     Putnam $1.50 

These  are  stories  of  chivalric  days  in  the  sense  that 
all  days  become  such  when  courage  and  gentleness 
make  them  so.  In  old  Egypt  and  Rome,  in  half-bar- 
baric Germany  in  the  splendors  of  the  times  of  Fran- 
cis the  First  in  France — in  manv  times  and  places  the 
author  finds  boys  and  girls  who  make  the  days  in  which 
they  live  chivalric  days. 

Brooks,  E.  S.     Historic  Boys.     Putnam $1.50 

Marcus  of  Rome,  Brian  of  Munster,  Olaf  of  Norway, 
William  ^  of  Normandy,  Baldwin  of  Jerusalem,  etc. 
Short  stirring  stories  prepared  with  a  due  regard  to  his- 
toric and  chronologic  accuracy. 

Brooks,  E.  S.    Master  of  the  Strong  Hearts.    Button $1.50 

Custer's  last  rally  in  the  valley  of  the  Little  Big  Horn 
told  as  a  story  of  adventure  for  boys  in  such  a  way 
that  the  reader  feels  the  heroism  of  red  man  and  white 
man  alike,  and  closes  the  book  feeling  he  has  gained 
a  lesson  in  the  wisdom  of  caution  and  loyalty  to  duty. 

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Brown,  Dr.  John.    Rab  and  His  Friends.    Houghton to 

A  rare  picture  of  heroic  devotion  that  will  make  our 
boys  more  manly  .and  our  girls  more  sweet.  This  vol- 
ume also  contains  Marjorie  Fleming  and  some  other 
selections. 

Burroughs,     John.       Squirrels,     and     Other     Fur-Bearers. 
Houghton   $1.00 

The  well-known  leisurely  and  charming  style  of  Sharp- 
Eyes  and  Wake-Robin  is  found  here  applied  to  sub- 
jects especially  interesting  to  young  folks — squirrels, 
weasels,  rabbits,  skunks,  muskrats,  racoons,  opossums, 
etc. 

Champlin,  J.  H.    Young  Folks'  Cyclopedia  of  Persons  and 
Places.    Holt $2.50 

A  valuable  reference  book  for  a  child's  own  library. 
Very  desirable  for  all  school-rooms  from  the  fifth 
grade  up. 

Church,  Rev.  A.  J.    Story  of  the  Odyssey.    Macmillan 50 

In  which  grade  this  book  proves  readable  and  useful 
will  depend  very  largely  upon  the  amount  of  reading 
and  instruction  previously  had  in  the  field  of  Greek 
literature  and  mythology, — to  speak  pedagogically,  upon 
the  apperceptive  mass  of  Greek  ideas  already  pos- 
sessed by  the  child.  It  is  a  worthy  rendering  of  a 
story  the  child  should  know. 

Coryell,  J.  R.     Diego  Pinzon.     Harper $1.25 

A  light-hearted,  nimble-witted  little  scapegrace  who  is 
at  school  in  the  convent  of  La  Rabida  at  the  time  when 
Columbus  is  about  to  sail  from  Spain.  Being  brought 
to  his  cousin,  Martin  Alonzo  Pinzon  for  discipline,  the 
latter  takes  the  lad  with  him  in  the-Pinta  on  the  dread- 
ful voyage. 

Dana,    Mrs.    W.    S.     How   to    Know    the    Wild    Flowers. 
Scribner $1.75 

Profusely  and  beautifully  illustrated.  An  aid  to  the 
identification  of  flowers  by  those  having  little  or  no 
knowleds^e  of  scientific  botany.  The  classification  is 
that  which  children  naturally  make — by  color.  The 
book  can  be  used  to  advantage  by  any  child  from  the 
fifth  grade  up. 

Deland,  E.  D.    A  Successful  Venture.    Wilde $1.50 

How  four  plucky  girls  and  their  younger  brother  earned 
their  own  living  when  misfortune  overtook  them.  The 
plot  is  old  but  it  is  well  treated.  Mrs.  Deland  ap- 
proaches Miss  Alcott  in  writing  successfully  for  half- 
grown  girls. 

44 


Dickens,  Chas.  (Aiton,  ed.).    Cricket  on  the  Hearth.    Rand.      .30 

Dot  Peerybingle  and  John  the  Carrier,  Tilly  Slowboy 
and  the  Baby,  the  sweet  blind  Bertha  and  her  father, 
easily  become  the  friends  of  the  children.  For  some 
reasons  it  is  the  best  work  of  Dickens  to  begin  with; 
the  nlot  is  less  involved,  the  motives  simpler  than  in 
most  of  his  books,  and  the  peculiarities  of  his  style  are 
less  exaggerated.  The  illustrations  of  this  edition  are 
not  entirely  satisfactory;  aside  from  that  its  form  is 
very  attractive  for  its  very  small  price. 

Dole,  C.  F.    Young  Citizen.     Heath 45 

A  very  simple  explanation  of  the  form  of  our  govern- 
ment and  of  the  duties  of  good  citizenship,  those  be- 
longing to  boys  and  girls  as  well  as  those  of  men  and 
women. 

Eastman,  Chas.     Indian  Boyhood.     McClure $1.60 

Dr.  Chas.  Eastman  is  at  the  same  time  a  cultured  gen- 
tleman and  a  Sioux  Indian.  Until  the  age  of  about 
fifteen  he  lived  the  life  of  the  "wild  Sioux"  in  the 
Northwest,  and  he  tells  the  story  of  this  life  vigor- 
ously and  with  much  feeling.  It  is  an  inside  view  of 
the  education,  sports,  games,  worship,  pleasures  and 
hardships  of  Indian  boyhood  thirty    or  forty  years  ago. 

Eckstorm,  F.  H.    The  Bird  Book.    Heath 60 

This  book  is  difficult  unless  a  considerable  amount  of 
previous  readin^^  on  the  subject  has  been  done.  When 
this  is  the  case  it  will  prove  valuable. 

Famous  Adventures  and  Prison  Escapes.     Century $1.50 

The  siege  of  Vicksburg,  Morgan's  raid,  capture  and 
escape,  Libby  Prison  and  its  famous  tunnel,  these  and 
other  scenes  of  the  civil  war  are  brought  vividly  before 
us  by  those  who  were  themselves  actors  in  these  scenes. 

Gayley,  C.  M.,  and  Flaherty,  M.  C.     Poetry  of  the  Peo- 
ple.   Ginn 50 

Had  the  "Poems  of  America,"  historical  and  patriotic, 
which  occupy  the  last  hundred  and  thirty  pages  of  this 
book  been  given  place  at  the  beginning  of  it,  its  ap- 
peal to  the  favor  of  Young  America  would  undoubt- 
edly have  been  more  immediate.  The  old  style  of  the 
first  few  ballads  is  somewhat  daunting  to  children,  but 
the  collection  has  real  value,  and  the  children  should 
be  helped  to  discover  it.  Most  of  the  poems  are  those 
which  many  people  have  cared  for. 

Gibson,  W.  H.    Sharp-Eyes.    Harper $2.50 

This  journal-record  of  what  sharp  eyes  may  see  from 
season  to  season  throughout  the  year  would  be  too 
difficult  for  boys  and  girls  were  it  not  for  illumina- 
tion by  the  author's  beautiful  drawings. 

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Hale,  E.  E.    How  to  Do  It.    Little $i.oo 

It  was  a  good  many  years  ago  that  the  now  venerable 
chaplain  of  the  United  States  Senate  attempted  to  tell 
the  voung  neople  How  to  Do  It  in  the  matter  of  min- 
gling helpfully  and  happily  with  their  fellowmen.  Dr. 
Hale's  advice  has  the  advantage  over  much  that  is  of- 
fered to  young  people  in  that  he  has  not  only  told  them 
"how  to  do  it"  but  has  given  a  practical  demonstration 
of  the  same  all  through  his  long  and  useful  life. 

Hale,  E.  E.     In  His  Name.    Little   $i.oo 

By  accident  the  little  daughter  of  Jean  Waldo,  master- 
weaver  of  the  city  of  Lyons,  drinks  poison.  The  only 
man  who  can  help  her  is  John  of  Lugio,  one  of  the 
Waldenses  who  have  been  banished  and  proscribed. 
He  is  sought  by  one  who  rides  asking  aid  in  his  search 
with  the  password  of  the  Waldenses,  "In  His  Name." 

Hale,  E.  E.  The  Man  Without  a  Country.    Little 75 

No  child  can  read  the  story  of  poor  Philip  Nolan  with- 
out feeling  as  he  has  never  done  before  the  meaning  of 
the  words  "My  country." 

Harris,  J.  C.    Nights  with  Uncle  Remus.     Houghton $1.50 

Uncle  Remus  is  a  negro  of  the  best  old  plantation 
type.  He  tells  to  the  little  boy  from  the  big  house 
stories  which  are  the  folk-lore  of  the  negroes,  but 
which  to  the  little  boy  and  to  the  child  reader  are 
merely  the  most  delightful  and  humorous  accounts 
of  the  shrewd  tricks  played  by  Brer  Rabbit,  Brer  Fox, 
and  the  other  animals/ upon  each  other. 

Hart,  A.  B.     Source  Readers  in  American  History,  No.  i. 
Colonial  Children.    Macmillan .40 

These  stories  are  from  original  sources,  and  even  with 
the  modern  spelling  and  simplified  diction  are  a  little 
difficult.  It  is  believed,  however,  that  their,  interest 
is  sufficient  to  carry  children,  in  whom  a  love  of  his- 
tory has  been  aroused,  through  the  difficulties. 
Hart,  A.  B.     Source  Readers   in  American   History.     No. 

4.    The  Romance  of  the  Civil  War.    Macmillan 60 

Stories  of  the  civil  war  from  the  personal  narratives 
of  contemporaries:  slaves,  slave-holders,  privates, 
nurses,  surgeons  and  chaplains,  as  well  as  novelists, 
journalists,  and  poets.  There  is  no  attempt  to  give  any 
continued  narrative  of  the  war,  but  rather  to  bring  out 
the  personality  of  the  men  and  women  who  took  part 
in  the  struggle. 

Hough,  E.    The  Story  of  the  Cowboy.    Appleton $1.50 

Written  for  older  readers,  this  story  of  a  class  of  men 
which  is  rapidly  passing  away  is  of  quite  equal  interest 
to  the  older  children.  The  author  has  not  yielded  to 
the  temptation  to  paint  his  subject  in  too  strong  colors, 
but  the  style  is  vigorous,  and  its  very  simplicity  gives  it 
strenerth. 

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Hughes,  Thomas.    Tom  Brown  at  Rugby.    Houghton 60 

School  days  at  Rugby  under  the  famous  Dr.  Arnold 
who  loved  boys  and  lived  to  make  them  brave,  Chris- 
tian gentlemen.  Contains  some  sound  pedagogy  for 
teachers. 

Irving,  Washington.     Stories  and  Legends  from  Washing- 
ton Irving.     Putnam    $1.50 

An  excellent  collection  for  the  purpose  of  attracting 
young  people  to  a  desirable  author.  Contains  Rip  Van 
Winkle,  the  Legend  of  Sleepy  Hollow,  the  Legend  of 
Kidd  the  Pirate,  and  five  others. 

Jewett,  S.  O.     Betty  Leicester.    Houghton $1.23 

Betty  Leicester  in  a. motherless  girl  of  fifteen  who  is 
the  dear  friend  and  companion  of  her  father.  Betty 
goes  to  spend  the  summer  in  quiet  old  Tideshead  with 
her  grand  aunts  while  her  father  takes  a  trip  to  Alaska. 
"At  fifteen  one  does  not  always  know  where  to  find 
one's  self,"  but  in  finding  the  worth  of  the  plam  country 
people  whom  she  comes  to  know  at  Tideshead  and  in 
entering  into  their  lives,  Betty  Leicester  reveals  herself 
as  the  little  gentlewoman  that  she  is. 

Keller,  Helen.     Story  of  My  Life.     Doubleday $1.50 

The  difficulties  which  the  ordinary  boy  or  girl  has  to 
meet  should  seem  small  to  him  when  he  has  read  the 
record  of  the  marvelous  achievements  of  this  girl  who 
has  been  blind  and  deaf  from  babyhood. 

Kiefifer,  Harry.    Recollections  of  a  Drummer  Boy.    Hough- 
ton   $1.50 

When  the  war  ended,  Drummer  Harry  Kiefifer  was  a 
veteran  of  eighteen,  having  served  for  three  years  in 
the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  The  book  is  of  good  lit- 
erary quality  and  very  readable. 

Kipling,  Rudyard.    Captains  Courageous.     Century $1.50 

Harvey  Cheyne,  young,  rich  and  spoiled,  falls  over- 
board from  an  Atlantic  liner  and  is  picked  up  by  fish- 
ermen bound  for  a  season's  catch  off  the  coast  of 
Newfoundland.  The  reader  is  given  a  good  picture  of 
life  aboard  a  fishing  smack  while  the  rude  fishermen 
make  a  man  of  Harvey  and  finally  restore  him  to  his 
anxious  narents. 

La  Flesche,  Francis.    The  Middle  Five.    Small $1.25 

The  story  of  five  Indian  boys  at  a  mission  school.  The 
author  was  one  of  these.  There  is  a  real  power  in  the 
frank  simplicity  of  the  narrative.  To  the  child-reader 
the  plays  and  the  "scrimmages"  of  the  boys  will  be 
entertaining,  and  he  cannot  fail  to  realize  that  the  In- 
dian boy  and  the  white  boy  are  curiously  alike  in  their 
thoughts  and  feelings. 

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Liljencrantz,  O.  A.    Thrall  of  Leif,  the  Lucky.     McClurg.  .$1.50 

The  scene  is  laid  in  the  tenth  century  at  the  time  when 
King  Olaf  of  Norway  introduces  Christianity  into 
Greenland.  Alwin,  the  English  thrall  of  Leif,  the 
Lucky,  is  the  hero  of  this  story.  He  goes  with  Leif 
on  this  mission  to  Greenland  and  also  on  the  latter's 
famous  voyage  to  Vinland.  The  free,  rude,  vigorous 
life  of  the  time  is  well  painted.  A  simple  love-story 
is  mingled  with  the  adventures  of  the  hero. 

Long,  W.  J.     Wood  Folk  at  School.     Ginn 50 

What  the  Fawns  Must  Know,  A  School  for  Little  Fish- 
ermen, The  Partridge's  Roll-Call,  and  Other  stories  of 
wild  life  in  the  wood  which  prove  that  truth  is  often 
stranger  than  fiction. 

Longfellow,   H.   W.     Complete   Poetical   Works.     House- 
hold  Ed.     Houghton    $1.50 

A  good  edition  for  students  containing  a  few  notes 
and  a  biographical   sketch. 

Lowell,  J.  R.    Vision  of  Sir  Launfal.     Houghton 60 

Long  before  a  child  can  have  more  than  a  glimpse  of 
the  fullness  of  meaning  of  this  poem  he  can  know  its 
story  and  see  its  exquisite  pictures.  He  will  seldom 
read  it  first  unaided,  but  having  once  been  helped  to 
read  it  he  will  read  it  again  and  again.  The  volume 
contains  seventeen  other  poems  and  a  sketch  of  Lowell. 

Lucas,  E.  V.     Book  of  Verses  for  Children.     Holt $2.00 

A  fine  selection  from  English  and  American  poetry 
which  the  children  will  read  for  themselves.  It  con- 
tains old  saws  and  rhymes,  some  early  Christmas  car- 
ols, narrative  poems  on  country  life,  birds,  dogs  and 
horses,  much  fun  from  Lear,  Carroll  and  others,  old 
ballads,  well-known  stories  in  verse,  etc. 

Lummis,  C.  F.   King  of  the  Broncos.    Scribner $1.25 

Stories  of  New  Mexico,  and  full  of  strange  and  excit- 
ing but  not  sensational  adventure.  The  daring  is  not 
foolhardiness  and  the  whole  tone  is  good. 

Moffett,  Cleveland.     Careers  of  Danger  and  Daring.     Cen- 
tury    $1.50 

To  give  to  boys  a  book  which  they  will  read  with  de- 
light, in  which  the  heroes  of  peace  are  made  to  seem 
as  worthy  of  honor  as  those  of  war — this  is  a  fine  thing 
to  do,  and  it  has  been  accomplished  in  Mr.  MoflFett's 
A^olume  of  stories  of  the  lives  of  the  diver,  the  balloon- 
ist, the  fireman,  the  locomotive  engineer,  and  others 
whose  daily  occupations  require  courage  and  presence 
of  mind, 

48 


Morley,  M.  W.    Wasps  and  Their  Ways.     Dodd $1.50 

Although  this  is  said  to  be  a  study  for  the  general 
reader,  it  is  quite  within  the  limits  of  the  eighth  grade 
and  first  year  high  school  pupils,  provided  they  do  not 
feel  obliged  to  read  the  introduction. 

Muhlbach,  Louise.    Marie  Antoinette  and  Her  Son.    Apple- 
ton   $1.00 

The  story  of  the  little  Prince  made  orphan  by  the 
guillotine  of  France,  who  is  said  by  some  to  have  died 
while  under  the  care  of  his  cruel  jailer  Simon  and  by 
others  to  have  made  his  escape  and  spent  years  in 
America. 

Mulock,  D.  M.     John  Halifax:    Gentleman.    Little $1.00 

Those  who  believe  in  love  stories  for  growing  girls  and 
boys  will  find  nothing  sweeter  nor  purer  than  this  sim- 
ple story  of  domestic  life. 

Newell,  Peter.     Pictures  and  Rhymes.     Harper $1.00 

One  must  see  Mr.  Newell's  inimitable  illustrations  to 
appreciate  the  humor  in  such  rhymes  as 

"Of  what  are  you  afraid,  my  child?" 

Inquired  the  kindly  teacher. 
"Oh,  Sir!    the  flowers,  they  are  wild," 

Replied  the  timid  creature. 

Northern    Europe.      Geographical    Reader;     Youth's    Com- 
panion  Series.      Ginn 25 

With  the  help  of  such  books  as  this,  geography  be- 
comes a  delight.  The  story  of  danger  and  rescue  on 
the  Northern  coast  of  France,  called  "On  the  Quick- 
sands," is  very  thrilling. 

Norton,  C.  E.    Heart  of  Oak  Books;  No.  6.    Heath 60 

Verse  and  prose  from  the  best  sources;  classical  rather 
than  popular.  Includes  Rip  Van  Winkle  and  the  Leg- 
end of  Sleepy  Hollow. 

Pyle,  Howard.    Jack  Ballister's  Fortunes.    Century $2.00 

"The  adventures  of  a  young  gentleman  of  good  family, 
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in  with  that  famous  pirate  captain  Edward  Teach,  or 
Blackbeard;  of  his  escape  from  the  pirates  and  the  res- 
cue of  a  young  lady  from  out  their  hands."  A  whole- 
some pirate  story  for  boys  containing  a  touch  of  ro- 
mance which  appeals  to  girls. 

49  .... 


St.  John,  T.  M.     How  Two  Boys  Made  their  own  Electri- 
cal Apparatus.   St.  John $i.oo 

This  book  in  both  text  and  illustration  gives  very  clear 
and  simple  explanation  of  the  way  in  which  a  great 
variety  of  electrical  apparatus  may  be  made  with  lit- 
tle expense.  A  boy  of, fourteen  or  fifteen  could  use  it 
to  good  practical  advantage. 

St.  John,  T.  M.    Things  a  Boy  Should  Know  About  Elec- 
tricity.    St.  John $i.oo 

The  fundamental  principles  are  treated  in  a  way  that 
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book  should  be  used  in  connection  with  "How  Two 
Boys  Made  their  own  Electrical  Apparatus."  A  boy 
who  masters  the  two  will  have  a  good  elementary 
knowledge  of  electricity. 

St.  Nicholas  Book  of  Plays  and  Operettas.    Century $i.oo 

A  collection  of  the  most  popular  plays  and  operettas 
which  have  been  published  in  St.  Nicholas  during  the 
last  quarter  of  a  century.  Of  real,  practical  use  to  the 
amateur  in  arranging  home  and  school  performances  . 

St.  Nicholas  Songs.     Century Cloth  $2.00,  Bds.  $1.25 

Mostly  children's  poetry  from  the  pages  of  St.  Nich- 
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composers.  The  music  is  simple,  tuneful  and  well 
adapted  to  the  voices  of  children.  The  collection  is 
especially  recommended  for  home  and  school  use. 

Scott,  Sir  Walter.  Ivanhoe  and  Rob  Roy.    Little 50 

Retold  for  children.  To  be  used  as  an  introduction 
to  Scott's  novels. 

Scott,  Sir  Walter.    The  Lady  of  the  Lake.     Macmillan 40 

"Yet  if  one  heart  throb  higher  at  its  sway, 
The  wizard  note  has  not  been  touched  in  vain." 

Scott,  W.  E.  D.   Story  of  a  Bird-Lover.    Outlook. $2.00 

A  man  who  has  a  collection  of  over  five  hundred  living 
birds  to  whose  care  and  study  he  devotes  a  large  part 
of  his  time  must  surely  deserve  the  title  of  "Bird- 
Lover."  Mr.  Scott  certainly  does,  but  we  have  only  to 
read  his  book  to  find  that  he  is  a  lover  of  most  living 
beings,  animal  or  human. 

Seawell,  M.  E.     Rock  of  the  Lion.     Harper $1.50 

A  loyal  little  midshipman  under  John  Paul  Jones  was 
captured  by  a  British  vessel  during  the  Revolutionary 
War  and  carried  to  England  where  he  was  pressed  into 
service  on  the  Royal  George  and  went  through  the  long 
siege  of  Gibraltar.  There  is  a  slight  thread  of  romance 
running  through  the  story  that  adds  to  its  interest. 

50  .       . 


Starr,  Frederick.    Strange  Peoples.     Heath 40 

In  reading  books  of  information  for  children  one  is 
frequently  reminded  of  one  of  Mr.  Robert  Burdette's 
axioms,  "It  is  better  not  to  know  so  much  than  it  is 
to  know  so  much  that  isn't  so!"  Therefore  it  is  pleas- 
ant to  find  a  book  in  regard  to  the  customs  and  man- 
ners of  strange  people  written  by  one  who  is  an  au- 
thority on  the  subject,  and  who,  furthermore,  having 
avoided  the  Scylla  of  ignorance  has  also  escaped  the 
Charybdis  of  a  display  of  erudition. 

Stevenson,  R.  L.     Kidnapped.     Scribner $1.50 

"Being  the  memoirs  of  Daniel  Balfour  in  the  year  1751: 
How  he  was  kidnapped  and  cast  away;  his  sufferings 
in  a  desert  isle;  his  journey  in  the  wild  Highlands;  his 
acquaintance  with  Alan  Breck  Stewart  and  other  noto- 
rious Highland  Jacobites;  with  all  that  he  suffered  at 
the  hands  of  his  uncle,  Ebenezer  Balfour  of  Shaws, 
falsely  so-called." 

Stowe,  Mrs.  H.  B.    Uncle  Tom's  Cabin.     Houghton 70 

If  from  no  other  aspect  than  that  of  a  historical  docu- 
ment, Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  should  be  read  by  young 
Americans,  but  its  human  interest  is  still  intense. 

Tappah,   E.   M.    In  the   Days   of   William  the   Conqueror. 
Lee    • $1.00 

History  in  that  delightful  form:  the  story. 

Tennyson,  Alfred,  Lord.     The  Coming  of  Arthur.     (Rolfe 
Student  Series.)     Houghton 75 

Tennyson's  poetic  version  of  the  Arthurian  romances 
presents  the  highest  ideal  of  chivalry  to  our  young 
people  and  should  be  given  after  they  are  familiar  with 
the  simpler  prose  form. 

Thompson,  A.  R.    Gold  Seeking  on  the  Dalton  Trail.     Lit- 
tle     , $1.50 

A  wholesome  book  for  city  boys,  giving  them,  in  im- 
agination at  least,  mountain  air  and  appetites,  journeys 
by  lake  and  river,  and  an  acquaintance  with  men  and 
conditions  as  they  now  exist  in  the  Great  Northwest. 

Trowbridge,    J.    T.     The    Tinkham     Brothers    Tide-Mill. 
Lee $1.25 

The  successful  fight  of  a  family  of  boys  to  defend 
their  rig-hts  and  earn  an  honest  living  for  their  widowed 
mother,  their  sister  and  themselves.  Mr.  Trowbridge 
may  not  be  a  great  writer,  but  he  goes  directly  to  the 
boyish  heart. 

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Under  Sunny  Skies.     Youth's  Companion  Series.     Ginn 25 

Chestnut  Farms,  The  Macaroni  Country,  Mount  Vesu- 
vius, Across  the  Desert — these  and  other  sketches  make 
this  little  geography  reader  an  interesting  book. 

Van  Dyke,  Henry.    The  Other  Wise  Man.    Harper $1.00 

A  dream  of  a  fourth  wise  man  who  also  set  out  to  seek 
the  manger-cradle  at  Bethlehem,  but  who  found  his 
King  in  deeds  of  love  to  suffering  humanity. 

Wade,  M.  H.     Our  Little  Cuban  Cousin.     Page 60 

The  need  of  information  in  regard  to  our  recent  pro- 
teges and  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  it  will  make  this  a 
useful  book. 

Waterloo,  Stanley.    The  Story  of  Ab;  a  Tale  of  the  Time 

of  the  Cave-Man.     Doubleday $1.50 

The  struggle  of  the  cave-men  with  their  puny  strength 
against  the  great  and  terrible  animals  of  their  day; 
the  discovery  of  fire,  with  the  comfort  it  brought;  the 
slow  dawn  of  human  tenderness  and  compassion;  these 
are  the  main  points  of  the  story  which  the  writer  has 
tried  to  make  true  to  what  must  have  been. 

Wheeler,  C.  G.    Woodworking  for  Beginners.     Putnam $2.50 

"This  book  does  not  try  to  show  you  a  royal  road  or 
a  short  cut  to  proficiency  in  architecture,  carpentry,  cab- 
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art  or  science.  It  does  not  aim  to  cram  you  with  facts, 
but  merely  to  start  you  in  the  right  way.  It  is  for 
those  of  you  who  want  to  take  off  your  coats,  roll  up 
your  sleeves  and  really  make  things." 

Whitney,  Mrs.  A.  D.  T.   A  Summer  in  Leslie  Goldthwaite's 
Life.     Houghton    $1.25 

As  the  preface  says,  this  book  makes  "the  home  life  the 
ideal  one,  and  home  itself  the  centre  and  goal  of  effort 
and  hope."  Likewise  it  makes  the  womanly  virtues  of 
gentleness,  charity  and  helpfulness  those  tO  be  sought 
by  our  girls.     Moreover,  it  is  a  particularly  good  story. 

Wiggin,  K.  D.    Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook  Farm.   Houghton.  .$1.25 

Rebecca  goes  from  Sunnybrook  Farm  to  live  with  her 
Aunt  Mirandy,  a  hard,  stern  woman,  who  is  to  help  her 
to  an  education  which  is  to  be  "the  making"  of  her. 
The  aunt  fails  to  understand  the  fearless,  honest,  im- 
pulsive, beauty-loving  child,  and  is  unconsciously  cruel 
to  her.  The  things  which  Rebecca  thinks  of  to  do  are 
enough  to  astonish  less  conservative  people  than  Miss 
Mirandy,  but,  also,  it  would  take  a  heart  ever  harder 
than  hers  to  steel  itself  against  Rebecca's  charm. 

52 


Wiggin,  K.  D.    Story  of   Patsy.     Houghton...... 60 

The  123d  thousand  of  the  Story  of  Patsy  has  recently 
been  issued.  It  is  a  story  of  the  blessed  work  of  a 
true  kindergarten,  and  it  is  about  a  little  child,  but  by 
no  means  for  little  children.  It  is  good,  however,  for 
our  older  boys  and  girls  from  sheltered  homes  to  learn 
that  not  all  children  are  so  fortunate  as  themselves, 
and  to  learn  to  know  the  need  which  pleads  with  them 
to  "lend  a  hand." 

Wiggin,  K.  D.    Timothy's  Quest.    Houghton $1.00 

Mrs.  Wiggin  has  never  excelled  the  humor  and  pathos 
of  this  book.  The  narrow  uprightness,  the  thrift,  fru- 
gality, the  repressed  tenderness,  the  shrewd  comment, 
the  independence,  the  strength  of  New  England  country 
life  are  all  here,  and  against  this  background  the  two 
children,  the  delicate,  sensitive  Timothy,  strong  only 
through  his  love,  and  riotous,  radiant  Baby  Gay,  ap- 
pear like  flowers  against  rocks. 

Wilkins,  M.  E.    In  Colonial  Times.     Lothrop 50 

The  adventures  of  Ann,  the  bound  girl  of  Samuel  Wales 
of  Braintree  in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 
Miss  Wilkins's  genius  in  depicting  New  England  life 
and  character  has  not  been  confined  to  books  for 
adults. 


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AUTHOR  AND  TITLE  INDEX 


GRADE  PAGE 

1  A  Apple  Pie.     Greenaway  Picture  Book 4 

6  Aaron  in  the  Wildwoods.     Harris 28 

6  Abbot,  A.   B.    A.  Frigate's   Namesake 25 

3  Abbott,  J.     A  Boy  on  a  Farm 8 

5  Achilles  and  Hector.     Gale , 21 

3  Adventures  of  a  Brownie.     Mulock 11 

7  Adventures   of   Odysseus,    Marvin,    Mayor   and    Sta- 

well 39 

4  Adventures  of  Pinocchio.     Lorenzini 15 

8  Again   Heavy   Odds.     Boyesen 43 

5  Alcott.     Eight  Cousins   19 

^  6  Alcott.     Jack  and  Jill 25 

7  Alcott.     Jimmy's    Cruise    34 

5  Alcott.     Little  Men   19 

7  Alcott.     Little  Women   34 

8  Alcott.     My    Boys    42 

7  Alcott.     Oldfashioned   Girl 34 

6  Alcott.     Oldfashioned  Thanksgiving    25 

8  Alcott.     Spinning- Wheel  Stories   42 

6  Alcott.    Under  the  Lilacs 26 

8  Aldrich.    Story  of  a  Bad  Boy 42 

4  Alice  in   Wonderland.     Dodgson 14 

2  Alphabet  with  Rhymes  and  Pictures.     Horton 6 

7  Alton.     Among  the  Law-Makers  34 

8  American  Girl's  Handy  Book.     Beard 43 

8  American  Poems  42 

7  Among  the  Law-Makers.     Alton 34 

5  Andersen.     (Scudder,  ed.).     Stories   19 

3  Andrews.     Seven  Little  Sisters   8 

4  Andrews.    Stories  Mother  Nature  Told  12 

5  Animal  Story-Book  Reader.    Lang 22 

3  Another  Brownie  Book.    Cox 9 

I  Arabella  and  Araminta.     Smith  5 

54 


GRADE  PAGE 

5  Arabian  Nights    19 

I     Arnold.     Arnold  Primer  3 

1  Arnold  and  Gilbert.     Stepping  Stones  to  Literature; 

a  First  Reader  3 

2  Arnold  and  Gilbert.     Stepping  Stones  to  Literature; 

a  Second  Reader  5 

3  Arnold  and  Gilbert.     Stepping  Stones  to  Literature; 

a  Third  Reader   8 

4  Arnold  and  Gilbert.     Stepping  Stones  to  Literature; 

a  Fourth  Reader  12 

1  Around  the  World,  Vol.  i.     Carroll 3 

3  Around  the  World,  Vol.  2.     Carroll 8 

4  Around  the  World,  Vol.  3.     Carroll 13 

6  Asia;  Geographical  Reader.     Carpenter   27 

3     Aspinwall.     Short  Stories  ior  Short  People.. 8 

3     Aunt  Louisa's  Book  of  Animal  Stories.     Valentine..  12 

5  Aunt  Louisa's  Book  of  Common  Things.    Valentine. .  24 

6  Australasia,  Our  Colonies  and  Other  Islands  of  the 

Sea;  Geographical  Reader.     Carpenter  27 

7  Ayrton.     (Griffis,  W.  E.,  ed.).     Child  Life  in  Japan..  34 

2  Baby  Days.    Dodge 6 

8  Bacon.    Japanese  Girls  and  Women 42 

8     Baker.     Boy's  Book  of  Inventions 43 

2  Baldwin.     Fairy  Stories  and  Fables    5 

3  Baldwin.     Fifty  Famous  Stories  Retold  8 

5     Baldwin.     Old  Greek  Stories   19 

1  Baldwin.     School  Reading  by  Grades;  First  Year...  3 

2  Baldwin.     School  Reading  by  Grades;  Second  Year.  5 

3  Baldwin.     School  Reading  by  Grades;  Third  Year..  8 

4  Baldwin.     School    Reading   by    Grades;    Fourth    and 

Fifth  Years   12 

7     Baldwin.     Story  of  Roland  34 

5  Ballads  for  Little  Folks.     Gary 20 

7  Barbour.    For  the  Honor  of  the  School 34 

8  Barbour.     Halfback    43 

7     Barnes.     Hero  of  Erie 35 

I     Bates.     Fairy  Tale   of  a  Fox,  a   Dog,   a    Cat  and   a 

Magpie    3 

5     Baylor.     Juan   and  Juanita    19 

7  Beard,  D.    Jack  of  All  Trades 35 

8  Beard,  L.  and  A.  B.     American  Girl's  Handy  Book..  43 
4     Beauty  and  the  Beast.     Crane 14 

55 


GRADE  PAGE 

4  Bee  People.     Morley  15 

6  Bellamy  and  Goodwin,  eds.    Open  Sesame.    Vol.  i..  26 

7  Bellamy  and  Goodwin,  eds.    Open  Sesame.    Vol.  2..  35 

8  Bellamy  and  Goodwin,  eds.    Open  Sesame.    Vol.  3..  43 

8  Bennett.    Master  Skylark 43 

8  Betty  Leicester.    Jewett   47 

3  Big  People  and  Little  People  of  Other  Lands.  Shaw.  12 

8  Bird  Book.     Eckstorm 45 

2  Bird  Tales   5 

5  Birds'  Christmas  Carol.     Wiggin   25 

4  Black   Beauty.     Sewell    17 

4  Blaisdell.     Child  Life  in  Literature 13 

2  Blaisdell.     Child  Life  in  Tale  and  Fable 5 

1  Blaisdell.     Child  Life  Primer   3 

7  Blaisdell.     Stories  from  English  History 35 

7  Blaisdell.     Story  of  American   History    35 

7  Blaisdell    and    Ball.      Hero-Stories    from    American 

History    35 

6  Blind    Brother.      Greene    28 

4  Blumenthal.     Folk  Tales  from  the  Russian   13 

2  Book  of  Cats  and  Dogs.     Johonnot  O 

3  Book  of  Cheerful  Cats.     Francis   10 

6  Book  of  King  Arthur.     MacLeod  31 

5  Book  of  Legends.     Scudder   23 

5  Book  of  Nonsense.     Lear 22 

6  Book  of  the  Ocean.     Ingersoll    29 

8  Book  of  Verses  for  Children.     Lucas  48 

6  Bouvet.     Sweet   William    26 

7  Boy  Emigrants.     Brooks    35 

7  Boy  General.     Custer   36 

5  Boy  Life  of  Napoleon.     Foa  21 

3  Boy  on  a  Farm.     Abbott  8* 

5  Boy  Settlers.     Brooks   19 

6  Boy  Travellers  in  the  Russian  Empire.     Knox 30 

8  Boyesen.    Against  Heavy  Odds 43 

7  Boyesen.     Boyhood  in  Norway  35 

6  Boyesen.     Modern  Vikings   26 

7  Boyhood  in  Norway.     Boyesen   35 

7  Boys'  and  Girls'  Plutarch.     White  41 

8  Boy's  Book  of  Inventions.    Baker  42 

5  Boys  of  other  Countries.     Taylor  24 

56 


GRADE  PAGE 

6  Brackett    and    Eliot,    eds.      Poetry    for    Home    and 

School    26 

3  Bradish.     Stories  of  Country  Life   8 

8     Brooks,  E.   S.     Chivalric  Days    43 

8     Brooks,  E,  S.     Historic  Boys  43 

7  Brooks,  E.   S.     Historic   Girls 35 

8  Brooks,  E.  S.    Master  of  the  Strong  Hearts 43 

6  Brooks,  E.  S.    True  Story  of  Abraham  Lincoln 26 

5  Brooks,  E,  S.     True  Story  of  George  Washington..  19 

7  Brooks,  N.     Boy  Emigrants 36 

5     Brooks,  N.     Boy   Settlers 20 

5  Brown,  A.  F.     In  the  Days  of  Giants  20 

4  Brown,  A.  F.  Lonesomest  Doll  13 

8  Brown,  Dr.  J.     Rab  and  His  Friends 44 

4     Brownies  Around  the  World.     Cox  14 

2  Brownies;  Their  Book.     Cox   5 

6  Buckley.     Fairy  Land  of  Science    26 

3  Bunny  Stories.     Jewett 10 

3  Burgess.     Goops;  and  How  to  Be  Them 8 

4  Burgess.     More  Goops;  and  How  Not  to  Be  Them..  13 

5  Burnett.     Sara  Crewe   20 

8     Burroughs.     Squirrels  and  Other   Fur-Bearers 44 

3  Buz.     Noel    II 

7  Cadet  Days.     King  38 

1  Caldecott.     Hey-Diddle-Diddle  Picture  Book    3 

2  Caldecott.     Banjandrum  Picture  Book   5 

4  Caldecott.     Picture   Book.  Vol.   i 13 

I     Caldecott.     Picture  Book  No.  2 3 

8  Captains  Courageous.     Kipling   47 

7  Captain  January.     Richards   40 

8  Careers  of  Danger  and  Daring.    MofTett 48 

3  Careless  Jane.     Pyle   11 

6  Carpenter,     Asia;  Geographical  Reader   27 

6     Carpenter.     Australasia;  Geographical  Reader 27 

6     Carpenter.     Europe;  Geographical  Reader 2j 

5  Carpenter.     North   America;   Geographical   Reader..  20 

6  Carpenter.     South  America;  Geographical  Reader...  20 
I     Carroll.    Around  the  World,  Vol.  i 3 

3  Carroll.     Around  the  World,  Vol.  2 8 

4  Carroll.     Around  the  World,  Vol.  3 13 

5  Gary,  A.  and  P.     Ballads  for  Little  Folks 20 

4     Carryl.    Davy -and  the  Goblin 13 

57 


GRADE  PAGE 

6  Cast  Away  in  the  Cold.    Hayes 29 

7  Castle   Blair.      Shaw    40 

1  Cat  Tales   3 

7  Champlin.      Young   Folks'    Cyclopaedia   of    Common 

Things    36 

8  Champlin.    Young  Folks'  Cyclopaedia  of  Persons  and 

Places    44 

6  Champlin  and  Bostwick.     Young  Folks*  Cyclopaedia 

of  Games  and  Sports 27 

2  Cheney.    Feathers,  Furs,  and  Fins 5 

7  Child  Life  in  Japan.     Ayrton.     (Griffis,  W.  E.,  ed.) . .  34 

4     Child  Life  in  Literature.     Blaisdell    13 

2     Child  Life  in  Tale  and  Fable.     Blaisdell 5 

I     Child  Life  Primer.     Blaisdell   3 

1  Child  Stories  and  Rhymes.     Poulsson   4 

4     Children  of  the  Arctic.     Peary 16 

4  Children  of  the  Cold.     Schwatka   .' . . .    ..  17 

5  Children's  Book.     Scudder    24 

6  Children's    Hour,    Paul    Revere's    Ride    and    Other 

Poems.      Longfellow 30 

5     Children's   Life  of  Abraham   Lincoln.     Putnam 23 

2  Child's    Garden   of  Verse.     Stevenson.      (Rand,   Mc- 

Nally   edition)    7 

S     Child's    Garden   of  Verses.      Stevenson.      (Robinson 

II.)    24 

8  Chivalric   Days.     Brooks    43 

2  Choice  Literature,  Book  i,  Primary.    Williams 7 

3  Choice  Literature,  Book  2,  Primary.     Williams 12 

4  Choice    Literature,    Book    i,    Intermediate 18 

5  Choice   Literature,   Book  2,   Intermediate 25 

5  Christmas  Every  Day,  and  other  Stories.     Howells..  22 

7  Church.     Story   of   the    Iliad    36 

8  Church.     Story  of  the  Odyssey  44 

3  Cinderella;  or  the  Little  Glass  Slipper 9 

7     Citizen  Bird.     Wright  and  Coues  42 

4  Clarke.     Uncle,   Peep,  and   I    13 

7  Clemens.      (Mark  Twain,  pseud.).     The   Prince   and 

the  Pauper  36 

8  Coming  of  Arthur.     Tennyson    51 

3  Coolidge.     Mischiefs'  Thanksgiving  9 

4  Coolidge.    Nine  Little  Goslings  13 

6  Coolidge.     What  Katy  Did  at  School 27 

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5  Coolidge.     What  Katy  Did  20 

8  Coryell.     Diego   Pinzon    44 

6  Cotes.     Story  of  Sonny  Sahib 27 

4  Counterpane    Fairy.      Pyle    16 

3  Cox.     Another   Brownie   Book    8 

4  Cox.     Brownies  Around  the  World 13 

2  Cox.     Brownies;  Their  Book  5 

4  Crane.     Beauty  and  the  Beast 14 

2  Crane.     Mother  Hubbard,  etc.,  Picture  Book   5 

3  Crane.     Red  Riding  Hood,  etc 9 

I  Crane.     This  Little  Pig.     Picture  Book  3 

8  Cricket  on  the  Hearth.     Dickens 44 

6  Crowded  out  of  Crofield.     Stoddard 32 

7  Cuore;  an  Italian  School-Boy's  Journal.    De  Amicis.  36 

7  Custer.      Boy    General    36 

1  Cyr.     Graded  Art  Readers.     Book  1 3 

5  Dab  Kinzer.     Stoddard  24 

8  Dana.     How  to  Know  the  Wild  Flowers   44 

6  Dana.     Plants  and  Their  Children    28 

6  Davis.     Kent  Hampden  28 

4  Davy  and  the  Goblin.     Carryl  13 

7  De  Amicis.     Cuore;  an  Italian  School-Boy's  Journal.  36 

6  Defoe.     Robinson   Crusoe    28 

3  Defoe.     Robinson  Crusoe  .(Mrs.  Godolphin,  ed.) 9 

7  Deland,  Katrina  36 

8  Deland.     A  Successful  Venture   44 

2  Deming.     Indian    Child    Life    6 

3  Deming.  Red  Folk  and  Wild  Folk   9 

3  Diaz.     Polly  Cologne 9 

5  Diaz.     William  Henry  Letters   20 

8  Dickens.     The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth 45 

8  Diego  Pinzon.       Coryell    44 

2  Dodge,  M.  M.    Baby  Days   6 

7  Dodge,  M.  M.     Donald  and  Dorothy   36 

6  Dodge,  M.  M.     Hans  Brinker 28 

7  Dodge,  M.  M.     Land  of  Pluck 37 

3  Dodge,  M.  M.    New  Baby  World 9 

4  Dodge,  M.  M.  Rhymes  and  Jingles   14 

3  Dodge,  N.  S.     Stories  of  American  History 9 

4  Dodgson.     Alice  in  Wonderland    14 

5  Dodgson.    Through  the  Looking  Glass 21 

2  Dog  Tales  for  Little  Children   6 

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3  Dole,  ed.     Goody  Two  Shoes 9 

8  Dole.     Young  Citizen   '. 45 

7  Donald  and  Dorothy.     Dodge   36 

7  Drake.     On  Plymouth  Rock 37 

8  Eastman.  Indian   Boyhood    45 

8  Eckstorm.     Bird  Book 45 

3  Eddy.     Friends  and  Helpers    9 

5  Edgeworth.    Waste  Not,  Want  Not 21 

3  Ednah  and  Her  Brothers.    White  12 

4  Eggleston.    First  Book  in  American  History 14 

4  Eggleston.  Stories  of  American  Life  and  Adventure  14 

3  EgQfleston.      Stories    of    Great   Americans    for   Little 

Americans    10 

5  Eight   Cousins.      Alcott    19 

6  Europe;   Geographical   Reader.     Carpenter 27 

7  Evangeline.     Longfellow    39 

6  Ewing.     Jackanapes    28 

5  Ewing.    Story  of  a  Short  Life 21 

4  Eyes  Right.    Stwin  18 

7  Eye-Spy.      Gibson    37 

4  Fable  and  Folk  Stories.     Scudder  17 

1  Fables  and  Rhymes.    Lakeside  Literature,  Book  i...  4 

6  Fairy  Land  of  Science.     Buckley   26 

2  Fairy  Stories  and  Fables.     Baldwin  5 

I  Fairy  Tale  of  a  Fox,  a   Dog,  a   Cat,  and  a  Magpie. 

Bates 3 

7  Familiar  Life  in  Field  and  Forest.    Mathews 39 

8  Famous  Adventures  and  Prison  Escapes 45 

5  Fanciful  Tales.     Stockton.     (Burt,  ed.) 24 

7  Father  Aldur;  a  Water  Story.     Giberne  37 

1  Favorite  Animals.     Picture  Book   3 

2  Feathers,    Furs   and    Fins.     Cheney 5 

3  Fifty  Famous  Stories  Retold.     Baldwin 8 

7  Fighting  Fire.     Hill   37 

5  First  Book  of  Birds.    Miller  22 

4  First  Book  in  American  History  . . '. 14 

3  Five-Mmute  Stories.     Richards   11 

2  Fletcher,  Marjorie  and  Her  Papa  6 

6  Floating  Prince.     Stockton 32 

5  Foa.     Boy  Life  of  Napoleon    21 

4  Folk  Tales  from  the  Russian.    Blumenthal 13 

7  For  the  Honor  of  the  School.     Barbour 34 

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GRADE  PAGE 

2  Four  Feet,  Two  Feet,  and  No  Feet.     Richards 7 

4     Four  Old  Greeks.     Hall 15 

4     Fourth  Reader.     Jones   15 

4  Francillon.     Gods  and  Heroes    14 

3  Francis.     Book  of  Cheerful  Cats    10 

3     Friends  and  Helpers.     Eddj^    9 

3  Friends  in  Feathers  and  Fur.     Johonnot 10 

6  Frigate's    Namesake.     Abbot 25 

5  Gale.     Achilles  and  Hector  21 

8  Gayley  and  Flaherty,  eds.     Poetry  of  the  People....  45 

7  Geographical   Reader.     Johonnot    38 

7     Giberne.     Father  Aldur;  a  Water  Story  37 

7  Gibson,     Eye-Spy   2i7 

8  Gibson.     Sharp  Eyes   45 

5  Gladden.     Santa  Claus  on  a  Lark 21 

4  Gods  and  Heroes.     Francillon   14 

2  Golden    Book    of     Choice     Reading.      Swinton     and 

Cathcart,    eds 7 

7  Golden  Numbers.     Wiggin  and  Smith 41 

8  Gold-Seeking  on  the  Dalton  Trail.     Thompson 51 

7     Good.    Mag[c  Experiments;  or  Science  in  Play 37 

3  Goody  Two  Shoes.     Dole,  ed 9 

3     Goops  and  How  to  Be  Them.     Burgess 8 

6  Goss.     Jed  28 

7  Goss.     Tom  Clifton    37 

1  Graded  Art  Readers;   Book   i.     Cyr 3 

2  Grandfather's  Stories.    Johonnot 6 

7  Grandmother's  Story  of  the  Battle  of   Bunker   Hill. 

Holmes   38 

6     Greek  Heroes.     Kingsley  30 

I     Greenaway.     A  Apple  Pie.     Picture  Book 4 

3  Greenaway.     Under  the  Window    10 

6     Greene.     Blind  Brother 28 

4  Gulliver's  Travels.     Swift    18 

6     Gypsy  Breynton.     Ward    Z2> 

8  Hale,  E.  E.     How  to  Do  It 46 

8     Hale,  E.  E.     In  His  Name  46 

8     Hale,  E.  E.     Man  Without  a  Country 46 

4     Hale,  L.  P.    The  Peterkin  Papers  14 

8     Halfback.     Barbour    42 

4     Hall.     Four  Old  Greeks 14 

6     Hans  Brinker.     Dodge    28 

6t 


GRADE  PAGE 

6  Harris.    Aaron  in  the  Wildwoods  28 

5     Harris,     Nights  with  Uncle  Remus 46 

5  Harris.    Uncle  Remus;  His  Songs  and  His  Sayings..  21 

7  Hart.      Camps     and     Firesides    of    the     Revolution. 

Source  Reader.     No.  2 38 

8  Hart.     Source  Readers  in  American  History.     No.  i.  • 

Colonial   Cnildren    46 

7  Hart.     How  Our  Grandfathers  Lived.     Source  Read- 

er in  American  History.     No.  3  37 

8  Hart.     Source  Readers  in  American  History.     No.  4. 

The  Romance  of  the  Civil  War  46 

6  Hawthorne.    Wonder  Book  and  Tanglewood  Tales. .  28 
6     Hayes.    Cast  Away  in  the  Cold 29 

3  Hays.     Princess  Idleways    10 

4  Hays.     Prince  Lazybones,  and  Other  Stories 15 

3     Headland.     Our  Little  Chinese  Cousin    10 

2  Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  i.     Norton,  ed 6 

3  Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  2.     Norton,  ed 11 

4  Heart  of  Oak  Books.    No.  3,     Norton,  ed 16 

6  Heart  of  Oak  Books,     No.  4,     Norton,  ed 31 

7  Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  5.     Norton,  ed 39 

8  Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  6.     Norton,  ed 49 

4     Heidi.     Spyri    17 

I     Heller,  ed.    Jack  and  the  Beanstalk  and  Brother  and 

Sister   4 

I     Heller,  ed.     Snowdrop  and  Other  Stories 4 

7     Hero  of  Erie.     Barnes    34 

6  Hero-Stories  from  American  History.     Blaisdell  and 

Ball    35 

1  Hey-Diddle-Diddle.     Picture  Book.    Caldecott 3 

2  Hiawatha  Primer.      Holbrook    6 

7  Hill.     Fighting  a  Fire 38 

7  His  One  Fault.     Trowbridge 41 

8  Historic  Boys.     Brooks    43 

7     Historic  Girls.     Brooks  35 

2  History  of  the  Robins.    Trimmer  7 

4     History  of  the  United  States.     Pollard 16 

3  History  of  Whittington    10 

2     Holbrook.     Hiawatha   Primer    , 6 

7     Holmes.      Grandmother's    Story    of    the    Battle    of 

Bunker  Hill  38 

I     Holton.     Primer    4 

62 


GRADE  PAGE 

2  Horton.    Alphabet  with  Rhymes  and  Pictures  6 

8  Hough.    The  Story  of  the  Cowboy 46 

5  How  New  England  was  Made.     Humphrey 22 

8  How  to  Do  It.     Hale  45 

8  How  to  Know  the  Wild  Flowers.    Dana 44 

8  How   Two    Boys   Made   Their   Own    Electrical   Ap- 
paratus.    St.  John    49 

5  Howells.     Christmas  Every  Day,  and  Other  Stories.  22 
8  Hughes,     Tom  Brown  at  Rugby 47 

6  Hunter.     Stories  of  Famous  Children  29 

5  Humphrey.     How  New  England  was  Made   22 

6  Hurll.     Landseer;  Riverside  Art  Series,  No.  9 29 

4  Ice  Queen.     Ingersoll   15 

8  In  Colonial  Times.     Wilkins  53 

8  In  His  Name.     Hale   46 

7  In  the  Days  of  Alfred  the  Great.    Tappan 41 

5  In  the  Days  of  Giants.     Brown    20 

8  In  the  Days  of  William  the  Conqueror.    Tappan  ....  51 

8  Indian   Boyhood.     Eastman    45 

2  Indian  Child  Life.    Deming 6 

6  Ingersoll.     Book  of  the  Ocean  29 

4  Ingersoll.    The  Ice  Queen  15 

5  Into  Unknown  Seas.     Ker 22 

6  Iron   Star.     True    33 

8  Irving.     Stories  and  Legends 47 

8  Ivanhoe.     Scott   50 

6  Jack  and  Jill.    Alcott 25 

1  Jack   and    the    Beanstalk,    and    Brother    and   Sister. 

Heller,  ed 4 

8  Jack  Ballister's  Fortunes.     Pyle   49 

7  Jack  of  All  Trades.     Beard  34 

2  Jack  the  Giant  Killer,  and  Other  Stories  6 

6  Jackanapes.      Ewing    28 

3  Jackson.     Letters  from  a  Cat  10 

2  Jackson.     Mammy  Tittleback  and  Her  Family 6 

7  Japanese  Boy;  by  Himself,  Shigemi 40 

8  Japanese  Girls  and  Women.     Bacon  42 

6  Jed.     Goss    28 

3  Jewett,    J.  H.    The  Bunny  Stories  10 

8  Jewett,  S.  O.     Betty  Leicester  47 

4  Jewett,  S.  O.    Play  Days  15 

7  Jimmy's  Cruise.     Alcott   34 

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4    Jolly  Good  Times.     Smith 17 

8    John  Halifax:  Gentleman.     Mulock  49 

6  Johnson.     Phaeton   Rogers   29 

2  Johonnot.    Book  of  Cats  and  Dogs 6 

3  Johonnot.     Friends  iii  Feathers  and  Fur   10 

7  Johonnot.     Geographical  Reader    38 

2     Johonnot.     Grandfather's   Stories    6 

6    Johonnot.     Neighbors  with  Claws  and  Hoofs   29 

6  Johonnot.     Stories  of  our  Country 29 

7  Johonnot.     Stories  of  the  Olden  Time   38 

2  Jones.      Second    Reader    6 

3  Jones.     Third   Reader 10 

4  Jones.     Fourth  Reader 15 

5  Juan  and  Juanita.     Baylor    19 

6  Judd.     Wigwam  Stories   29 

7  Jungle  Book.     Kipling   38 

4  Just  So  Stories.     Kipling  15 

7  Katrina.      Deland    36 

6  Keeler.     Our  Native  Trees    30 

8  Keller.     Story  of  My  Life   47 

7  Kelley.     Three  Hundred  Things  a   Bright   Girl    Can 

Do 38 

6     Kent  Hampden.     Davis  28 

5  Ker.     Into  Unknown   Seas    22 

6  Ker.     Lost  City  30 

8  Kidnapped.     Stevenson   51 

8     Kieffer.     Recollections  of  a  Drummer  Boy 47 

7  King.     Cadet  Days   38 

8  King  of  the  Broncos.     Lummis  48 

6  King    of     the     Golden     River    and     Other     Wonder 

Stories.     Ruskin  and  Others  31 

6  Kingsley.      Greek   Heroes    30 

8     Kipling.      Captains    Courageous    47 

7  Kipling.     Jungle  Book    38 

4  Kipling.     Just  So  Stories   15 

6     Knox.    Bov  Travellers  in  the  Russian  Empire 30 

6  Krag  and  Johnny  Bear,     Seton   32 

8  La  Flesche.     The  Middle  Five   47 

8     Lady  of  the  Lake.     Scott  50 

7  Land  of  Pluck.     Dodge  36 

5  Lang.     Animal  Story-Book  Reader   22 

6  Landseer;  Riverside  Art  Series,  No.  9.     Hurll  29 

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5  Lear,    Book  of  Nonsense  22 

6  Lear.     Nonsense  Songs  and  Stories 30 

7  Lee.     When  I  Was  a  Boy  in  China 39 

3  Letters  from  a  Cat.     Jackson  10 

4  Life  of  Washington.     Pollard 16 

8  Liljencrantz.     1  he  Thrall  of  Leif  and  Lucky 48 

5  Lilliput  Lyrics.     Rand  23 

3  Lindsay.     Mother  Stories    10 

6  Little  Girl  of  Long  Ago.    White 33 

6  Little  Jarvis.     Seawell    32 

4  Little  Lame  Prince.    Mulock 16 

5  Little  Men.     Alcott   19 

2  Little  Prudy.     May ' 6 

2  Little  Red  Riding  Hood,  and  Other  Stories   6 

5  Little  Smoke.     Stoddard    24 

1  Little  Stories  for  Little  People.     McCulloch 4 

7  Little  Women.     Alcott   34 

2  Littlest  One  of  the  Browns.    Swett 7 

5  Lobo,  Rag,  and  Vixen.     Seton  24 

4  Lonesomest  Doll.     Brown 13 

7  Lonp-.     Secrets  of  the  Woods 39 

5  Long.     Ways  of  Wood  Folk   22 

6  Long.     Wilderness  Ways    30 

8  Long.    Wood  Folks  at  School 48 

6  Longfellow.      Children's    Hour,    Paul    Revere's    Ride 

and  Other  Poems  30 

8  Longfellow.     Complete  Poetical  Works 48 

7  Longfellow.     Evangeline    39 

4  Lorenzini.     Adventures  of  Pinocchio 15 

6  Lost  City.     Ker  30 

8  Lowell.     Vision  of  Sir  Launfal   48 

8  Lucas.     Book  of  Verses  for  Children   48 

8  Lummis.    King  of  the  Broncos   48 

7  Lummis.     Some  Strange  Corners  of  Our  Country..  39 
I  McClure's  Children's  Annual  for  1904 4 

1  McCulloch.     Little  Stories  for  Little  People 4 

6  MacLeod.     Book  of  King  Arthur   31 

6  Mabie.     Norse  Stories 30 

7  Magic  Experiments;  or  Science  in  Play.     Good  ....  2>7 
4  Magic   Forest.     White    18 

2  Mammy  Tittleback  and  Her  Family.     Jackson 6 

8  Man  Without  a  Country.     Hale  46 

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8     Marie  Antoinette  and  her  Son.     Miihlbach 49 

2     Marjorie  and  Her  Papa.     Fletcher   6 

7  Marvin,  Mayor,  and  Stawell.     Adventures  of  Odys- 

seus      39 

8  Master  of  the  Strong  Hearts.     Brooks  43 

8     Master  Skylark.     Bennett   43 

7     Mathews.    Familiar  Life  in  Field  and  Forest 39 

2  May.     Little   Prudy    6 

7  Men  of  Iron.     Pyle  40 

5     Merry  Adventures  of  Robin  Hood.     Pyle 23 

8  Middle  Five.     La  Flesche   47 

5  Miller.     First  Book  of  Birds    22 

6  Miller.     The  Second  Book  of  Birds 31 

3  Mischief's  Thanksgiving.     Coolidge  9 

6     Modern  Vikings.     Boyesen   26 

8     Moffett.     Careers  of  Danger  and  Daring 48 

5     More  Bed-Time  Stories.     Moulton 22 

4  More  Five-Minute  Stories.     Richards   17 

4  More  Goops;  and  How  Not  to  Be  Them.     Burgess..  13 

4  Morley.     Bee  People   15 

3     Morley.     Seed  Babies    10 

8     Morley.     Wasps  and  their  Ways   49 

Morrison.     Songs  and  Rhymes  for  the  Little  Ones..  16 

1  Mother  Goose.     (DeWolfe,  Fiske  edition)   4 

2  Mother  Goose.     (Tenniel,  II.) 6 

2  Mother  Hubbard,  etc.     Picture  Book.     Crane   5 

3  Mother  Stories.    Lindsay 10 

5  Moulton.     More  Bed-Time  Stories  22 

6  Moulton.    New  Bed-Time  Stories 31 

4  Mr.  Stubbs'  Brother.     Otis   16 

8     Miihlbach.    Marie  Antoinette  and  her  Son 49 

3  Mulock.     The  Adventures  of  a  Brownie 11 

8     Mulock.     John  Halifax:  Gentleman 49 

4  Mulock.     Little  Lame  Prince   16 

8     My  Boys.     Alcott   42 

6     Natural  History  Book  for  Children 31 

6  Neighbors  with  Claws  and  Hoofs.     Johonnot   29 

7  Nesbit.     The  Would-be-goods   39 

3  New  Baby  World.     Dodge   9 

6     New  Bed-Time  Stories.    Moulton  31 

8  Newell.     Pictures  and  Rhymes    49 

4  Newell.     Topsys  and  Turveys   16 

66 


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8     Nights  with  Uncle  Remus.     Harris   46 

4  Nine  Little  Goslings.     Coolidge  13 

3     Noel.     Buz    II 

6     Nonsense  Songs  and  Stories.     Lear 30 

6  Norse  Stories.    Mabie 30 

5  North  America.     Geographical  Reader.     Carpenter..  20 
8  Northern    Europe.      Geographical    Reader:      Youth's 

Companion  Series  49 

2  Norton,  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  i   6 

3  Norton,  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  2 ii 

4  Norton,  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books.  No.  2 16 

6  Norton,  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books.    No.  4 31 

7  Norton,  ed.     Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  5 40 

8  Norton,  ed.    Heart  of  Oak  Books.     No.  6 49 

2     O'Shea,  ed.     Old  World  Wonder  Stories   0 

1  O'Shea,  ed.     Six  Nursery  Classics   4 

5  Old  Greek  Stories.     Baldwin   19 

4     Old  Indian  Legends.     Zitkala-Sa    18 

2  Old  Man  Who  Lived  in  a  Wood.     Picture  Book  ....  7 

2  Old  World  Wonder  Stories.     O'Shea,  ed 0 

7  Oldfashioned  Girl.    Alcott  34 

6  Oldfashioned   Thanksgiving    25 

7  On  Plymouth  Rock.     Drake  30 

I     One,  Two,  Three,  Four.'  Picture  Book 4 

6  Open  Sesame.    Vol.  i.    Bellamy  and  Goodwin,  eds..  26 

7  Open  Sesame.    Vol.  2.     Bellamy  and  Goodwin,  eds..  35 

8  Open  Sesame.    Vol.  3.     Bellamy  and  Goodwin    eds..  /^ 

4  Otis.     Mr.  Stubbs'  Brother  16 

5  Otis.     Silent  Pete   22 

4  Otis.     Toby  Tyler    16 

8     Other  Wise  Man.    Van  Dyke 51 

7  Otto  of  the  Silver  Hand.     Pyle  40 

6  Our  Country's  Story.     Tappan    33 

3  Our  Little  Chinese  Cousin.     Headland 10 

8  Our  Little  Cuban  Cousin.    Wade   52 

5  Our  Little  Tapanese  Cousin.    Wade 25 

7  Our  Little  Norwegian  Cousin.     Wade   41 

6  Our  Little  Russian  Cousin.     Wade   23 

6     Our  Native  Trees.     Keeler  30 

4  Outlook  Fairy  Book.    Winnington,  ed 18 

3     Outlook  Story  Book.    Winnington,  ed 12 

5  Page.    Two  Little  Confederates 23 

67 


GRADE  PACxE 

2  Panjandrum  Picture  Book.     Caldecott 5 

7  Patterson,     ine  Spinner  Family 40 

7  Paul  Jones.     Seawell   40 

4  Peary.     Children  of  the  Arctic 16 

3  Peary.    The  Snow  Baby 11 

3  Perry.     Tora's  Plappy  Day   11 

4  Peterkin   Papers.     Hale    14 

6  Phaeton  Rogers.     Johnson    29 

1  Picture  Book.     No.  2.     Caldecott 3 

4  Pictures  and  Rhymes.     Newell   49 

6  Plants  and  Their  Children.    Dana 28 

4  Play  Davs.    Jewett 15 

6  Poetry  for  Home  and  School,  Brackett  and  Eliot,  eds.  26 

8  Poetry  of  the  People.    Gayley  and  Flaherty,  eds 51 

4  Pollard.    History  of  the  United  States 16 

4  Pollard.     Life  of  Washington   ib 

3  Polly   Cologne.     Diaz    9 

6  Posy  Ring.     Wiggin  and  Smith,  eds 33 

3  Potter.     Tailor  of  Gloucester  11 

2  Potter.     Tale  of  Peter  Rabbit  7 

2  Potter.     The  Tale  of  Squirrel  Nutkin    7 

1  Poulsson.     Child  Stories  and  Rhymes 4 

2  Poulsson.     Through  the  Farmyard  Gate 7 

I  Primer.     Holton    4 

7  Prince  and  the  Pauper.     Clemens  3^ 

4  Prince  Darling,  and  Other  Stories 16 

4  Prince  Lazybones,  and  Other  Stories.     Hays  15 

3  Princess  Idleways.    Hays 10 

3  Princess  on  the  Glass  Hill 11 

3  Prose  and  Verse  for  Children.     Pyle 11 

5  Putnam.    Children's  Life  of  Abraham  Lincoln 23 

8  Pyle,  H.    Jack  Ballister's  Fortunes 49 

7  Pyle,  H.     Men  of  Iron  40 

5  Pyle,  H.    Merry  Adventures  of  Robin  Hood 23 

7  Pyle,  H.    Otto  of  the  Silver  Hand 40 

5  Pyle,  H.     Wonder  Clock   23 

3  Pyle,  K.     Careless  Jane   11 

4  Pyle,  K.     Counterpane  Fairy 17 

3  Pyle,  K.    Prose  and  Verse  for  Children li 

3  Pyle,  K.    Stories  of  Our  Humble  Friends   11 

4  Quicksilver  Sue.     Richards   17 

8  Rab  and  His  Friends.     Brown   43 

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5  Rand.     Lilliput  Lyrics  23 

6  Readings  from   Nature's  Book.     Swinton  and  Cath- 

cart,  eds 32 

8     Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook  Farm.    Wiggin 52 

8     Recollections*  of  a  Drummer  Boy.     KiefTer   47 

3     Red  Folk  and  Wild  Folk.     Deming 9 

5  Red  Mustang.    Stoddard 24 

3  Red  Riding  Hood,  etc.    Crane 9 

4  Rhymes  and  Jingles.     Dodge  14 

7  Richards.     Captain  January  40 

3  Richards.     Five-Minute  Stories   11 

2  Richards.     Four  feet,  Two  Feet,  and  No  Feet 7 

4  Richards.     More  Five-Minute  Stories   17 

4     Richards.     Quicksilver  Sue   17 

3  Richards.     Sundown  Songs   12 

6  Richards.     When  I  was  Your  Age 31 

I     Ride  a  Cock  Horse.     Picture  Book   4 

6  Robinson  Crusoe.     Defoe    2b 

3  Robinson  Crusoe,     (Mrs.  Godolphin,  ed.)     Defoe...  9 

8  Rock  of  the  Lion.     Seawell 50 

7  Rose  and  the  Ring.    Thackeray 41 

6     Ruskin  and  Others.    The  King  of  the  Golden  River 

and  Other  Wonder  Stories 31 

8  St.  John.     How  Two  Boys  Made  Their  Own   Elec- 

trical Apparatus    50 

8     St.  John.     Things  a  Boy  Should  Know  About  Elec- 
tricity      50 

6     St.  Nicholas  Magazine.     Bound  Volume 31 

8     St.  Nicholas  Book  of  Plays  and  Operettas 50 

4  St.  Nicholas  Christmas  Book  17 

8     St.  Nicholas  Songs  50 

5  Santa  Claus  on  a  Lark.     Gladden   21 

5     Sara  Crewe.     Burnett   20 

1  School  Reading  by  Grades;  First  Year.     Baldwin...  3 

2  School  Reading  by  Grades;.  Second  Year.    Baldwin..  5 

3  School  Reading  by  Grades;  Third  Year.     Baldwin...  8 

4  School  Reading  by  Grades;  Fourth  and  Fifth  Years. 

Baldwin   13 

4     Schwatka.     Children  of  the  Cold  17 

8     Scott,  W.    Ivanhoe 50 

8     Scott,  W.    Lady  of  the  Lake 50 

8     Scott,  W.  E.  D.     Story  of  a  Bird-Lover 50 

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6  Scouting  for  Washington.     True    33 

5  Scudder.     Book  of  Legends 23 

5  Scudder,  ed.    Children's  Book 24 

4  Scudder.    Fables  and  Folk  Stories 17 

3  Scudder.    Verse  and  Prose  for  Beginners  in  Reading.  12 

2  Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  i.    Wright 7 

3  Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  2.    Wright 12 

5  Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  3.    Wright 25 

6  Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  4.    Wright 33 

8  Seawell.    The  Rock  of  the  Lion 50 

6  Seawell.     Little  Jarvis    32 

7  Seawell.    Paul  Jones 40 

6  Second  Book  of  Birds.     Miller  31 

2  Second  Reader.     Jones  ., . .  6 

7  Secrets  of  the  Woods.     Long 38 

3  Seed  Babies.     Morely   10 

6  Seton.     Krag  and  Johnny  Bear  32 

5  Seton.     Lobo,  Rag,  and  Vixon   24 

4  Sewell.     Black  Beauty 17 

3  Seven  Little  Sisters.     Andrews  8 

8  Sharp  Eyes.     Gibson  45 

3  Shaw,  E.     Big  People  and   Little   People   of   Other 

Lands    12 

7  Shaw,  F.    Castle  Blair 40 

7  Shigemi.     A  Japanese  Boy;  by  Himself 41 

3  Short  Stories  for  Short  People.     Aspinwall  8 

5  Silent  Pete.     Otis   22 

1  Six  Nursery  Classics.     O'Shea,  ed 4 

2  Sleeping  Beauty  and  Other  Stories   7 

I  Smith,  G.    Arabella  and  Araminta 5 

4  Smith,  M.  P.  T.    Jolly  Good  Times  17 

3  Snow  Baby.     Peary  1 1 

I  Snowdrop  and  Other  Stories.     Heller 4 

6  Solomon  Crow's  Christmas  Pockets  and  other  Tales. 

Stuart  ." 32 

7  Some  Strange  Corners  of  Our  Country.     Lummis...  39 

4  Songs  and  Rhymes  for  the  Little  Ones.     Morrison..  16 

8  Source  Readers  in  American  History,  No.  i.     Colo- 

nial  Children.     Hart    46 

8  Source   Readers  in   American   History,   No.   4.     The 

Romance  of  the  Civil  War.     Hart   46 

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6     Source  Readers  in  American  History  No.  2.     Camps 

and  Firesides  of  the  Revolution.     Hart 2>y 

6     Source  Readers  in  American   History  No.  3.     How 

Our  Grandfathers  Lived.     Hart 2>1 

6  South  America,  Geographical  Reader.     Carpenter...  20 

7  Spinner  Family.     Patterson    39 

8  Spinning-Wheel   Stories.     Alcott    42 

4     Spyri.     Heidi    17 

8     Squirrels  and  Other  Fur-Bearers.     Burroughs  44 

8     Starr.     Strange  Peoples    51 

1  Steoping  Stones  to  Literature,  a  First  Reader.     Ar- 

nold and  Gilbert 3 

2  Stepping   Stones    to    Literature,    a    Second    Reader. 

Arnold  and  Gilbert  5 

3  Stepping    Stones    to     Literature,    a    Third     Reader. 

Arnold  and  Gilbert    8 

4  Stepping    Stones    to    Literature,    a    Fourth    Reader. 

Arnold  and   Gilbert    12 

2     Stevenson.     A  Child's  Garden  of  Verse.     Rand,  Mc- 

Nally   edition    7 

5  Stevenson.    Child's  Garden  of  Verses  (Robinson,  II.)  24 
8     Stevenson.     Kidnapped   51 

5  Stockton.     (Burt,  ed.)     Fanciful  Tales ,24 

6  Stockton.      Floating   Prince    32 

6     Stockton.     Story  of  Viteau   32 

5  Stockton.    Ting-a-Ling  Tales 24 

6  Stoddard.    Crowded  out  of  Crofield 32 

5     Stoddard.     Dab  Kinzer  24 

5     Stoddard.     Little  Smoke 24 

5     Stoddard.     Red  Mustang   24 

5  Stoddard.     Talking  Leaves   24 

4  Stoddard.    Two  Arrows 17 

6  Stoddard.     With  the  Black  Prince  32 

5  ^Stories.    Andersen  (Scudder,  ed.)   19 

8     Stories  and  Legends  from  Washington  Irving 47 

7  Stories  from  English  History.    Blaisdell 35 

4     Stories  Mother  Nature  Told.     Andrews   12 

3  Stories  of  American  History.     Dodge  9 

4  Stories  of  American  Life  and  Adventure.     Eggleston.  14 
3     Stories  of  Country  Life.     Bradish   8 

6  Stories  of  Famous  Children.     Hunter  29 

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3     Stories    of    Great    Americans    for    Little    Americans. 

Eggleston    lo 

6  Stories  of  our  Country.     Johonnot    29 

3  Stories  of  Our  Humble  Friends.     Pyle  11 

7  Stories  of  the  Olden  Times.    Johonnot 38 

8  Story  of  a  Bad  Boy.    Aldrich 42 

8     Story  of  a  Bird-Lover.    Scott 50 

5  Story  of  a  Short  Life.     Ewing 21 

8     Story  of  Ab.     Waterloo 52 

7  Story  of  American  History.      Blaisdell 35 

8  Story  of  My  Life.     Keller  47 

8     Storv  of  Patsy.     Wiggin   52 

7  Story  of  Roland.     Baldwin  34 

6  Story  of  Sonny  Sahib.     Cotes   27 

8  Story  of  the  Cowboy.     Hough   46 

7  Story  of  the  Iliad.     Church  36 

8  Story  of  the  Odyssey.     Church 36 

6  Story  of  Viteau.     Stockton   32 

8     Stowe.    Uncle  Tom's  Cabin 51 

7  Strange    Lands    Near    Home.        Youths'    «^ompanion 

Series    41 

8  Strange  Peoples.    Starr 50 

6     Stuart.      Solomon    Crow's    Christmas    Pockets    and 

other  Tales    32 

4  Stwin.     Eyes  Right  iS 

8     Successful  Venture.     Deland  44 

8     Summer  in  Leslie  Goldwaite's  Life.     Whitney 52 

1  Sunbonnet  Babies'  Primer 5 

3  Sundown  Songs.     Richards  12 

6     Sweet  William.     Bouvet  26 

2  Swett.     Littlest  One  of  the  Browns 7 

4  Swift.     Gulliver's  Travels  '18 

2  Swinton  and  Cathcart,  eds.     Golden  Book  of  Choice 

Reading    7 

4  Swiss  Family  Robinson.    Wyss.    (Stickney,  ed.) 18 

6  Swinton  and   Cathcart,  eds.    Reading  from   Nature's 

Book 32 

3  Taylor  of  Gloucester.    Potter 11 

2     Tale  of  Peter  Rabbit.     Potter  7 

2     Tale  of  Squirrel  Nutkin.     Potter  7 

5  Talking  Leaves.     Stoddard   24 

7  Tappan.     In  the  Days  of  Alfred  the  Great 4- 

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8  Tappan.    In  the  Days  of  William  the  Conqueror  ....  51 

6  Tappan,     Our  Country's  Story   33 

5  Taylor.     Boys  of  Other  Countries   24 

8  Tennyson.     The  Coming  of  Arthur  51 

7  Thackeray.    The  Rose  and  the  Ring 41 

8  Things  a   Boy  Should  Know  about  Electricity.     St. 

John    50 

3  Third  Reader.     Jones 10 

1  This  Little  Pig  Picture  Book  4 

8  Thompson.    Gold-Seeking  on  the  Dalton  Trail 5] 

6  Toward  the  Rising  Sun.     Youth's  Companion  Series. 

8  Thrall  of  Leif  the  Lucky.     Liljencrantz   48 

7  Three  Hundred  Things  a  Bright  Girl  Can  Do.     Kel- 

ley 38 

2  Through  the  Farmyard  Gate.     Poulsson 7 

5  Through  the  Looking  Glass.     Dodgson 20 

8  Timothy's  Quest.     Wiggin 53 

5  Ting-a-Ling  Tales.     Stockton  24 

8  Tinkham  Brothers  Tide-Mill.     Trowbridge  51 

4  Toby  Tyler.    Otis  16 

8  Tom  Brown  at  Rugby.     Hughes    40 

7  Tom  Clifton.     Goss   37 

4  Topsys  and  Turveys.    Newell 16 

3  Tora's  Happy  Day.     Perry   11 

6  Toward  the  Rising  Sun.    Youth's  Companion  Series.  33 

2  Trimmer,     History  of  the  Robins  7 

7  Trowbridge.     His  One  Fault   41 

8  Trowbridge.     TinKham  Brothers  Tide-Mill 51 

6  True.      Iron    Star    33 

6  True.     Scouting  for  Washington 33 

6  True  Story  of  Abraham  Lincoln.     Brooks 26 

5  True  Story  of  George  Washington.    Brooks 19 

4  Two   Arrows.      Stoddard    17 

5  Two  Little  Confederates.     Page 23 

4  Uncle,  Peep,  and  I.     Clarke  13 

5  Uncle  Remus;  His  Songs  and  His  Saying5,     Harris.  21 

8  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin.    -Stowe   51 

6  Under  the  Lilacs.    Alcott  26 

3  Under  the  Window,     Greenaway   ic 

8  Under  Sunny  Skies.     Geographical  Reader;     Youth's 

Companion  Series 52 

3  Valentine.    Aunt  Louisa's  Book  of  Animal  Stories..  12 

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5  Valentine.    Aunt  Louisa's  Book  of  Common  Things.  24 

8  Van  Dyke.     The  Other  Wise  Man 52 

3  Verse  and  Prose  for  Beginners  in  Reading.    Scudder.  12 

8  Vision  of  Sir  Launfal.     Lowell 48 

8  Wade.     Our  Little  Cuban  Cousin 52 

5  Wade.     Our  Little  Japanese  Cousin 25 

7  Wade.     Our  Little  Norwegian  Cousin   41 

6  Wade.     Little  Russian  Cousin 33 

6  Ward.     Gypsy  Breynton   33 

8  Wasps  and  their  Ways.    Morley  49 

5  Waste  Not,  Want  Not.    Edgeworth 21 

8  Waterloo.     The  story  of  Ab 52 

5  Ways  of  Wood  Folk.     Long 22 

6  What  Katy  Did  at  School.    Coolidge 27 

5  What  Katy  Did.    Coolidge •  20 

8  Wheeler.     Woodworking  for  Beginners   52 

7  When  I  Was  a  Boy  in  China.     Lee 38 

6  When  I  Was  Your  Age.     Richards  31 

4  When  Molly  Was  Six.    White 18 

3  White,  E.  O.    Ednah  and  Her  Brothers 12 

6  White,  E.  O.    Little  Girl  of  Loner  Ago zz 

4  White,  E.  O.    When  Molly  Was  Six  18 

7  White,  J.  S.     Boys'  and  Girls'  Plutarch  41 

4  White,  S.  E.    The  Magic  Forest 18 

8  Whitney.     A  Summer  in  Leslie  Goldthwaite's  Life..  52 

7  Whittier.     Complete  Poetical  Works  41 

5  Wide  World.     Geographical  Reader.     Youth's  Com- 

panion Series   25 

5  Wiggin.    Birds'  Christams  Carol 25 

8  Wiggin.    Rebecca  of  Sunnybrook  Farm 52 

8  Wiggin.     Story  of  Patsy 53 

8  Wiggin.     Timothy's  Quest   SZ 

7  Wijyprin  and  Smith.     Golden  Numbers 42 

6  Wiggin  and  Smith.     Posy  Ring 33 

6  Wigwam.    Stories.    Judd  29 

6  Wilderness  'Ways.     Long 30 

8  Wilkins.     In  Colonial  Times  . . ., 53 

6  Wilkins.     Young  Lucretia  and  Other  Stories 34 

5  William  Henry  Letters.     Diaz 20 

2  Williams.     Choice  Literature,  Book  i.     Primary 7 

3  Williams.     Choice  Literature,  Book  2.     Primary 12 

4  Williams.     Choice  Literature,  Book  i.     Intermediate  18 

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5  Williams.     Choice  Literature,  Book  2.     Intermediate  25 

4  Winnington,  ed.    Outlook  Fairy  Book  18 

3     Winnington,  ed.     Outlook  Story  Book   12 

6  With  the  Black  Prince.     Stoddard  32 

6  Wonder  Book  andTanglewood  Tales.    Hawthorne..  28 

8     Wood  Folks  at  School.    Long 48 

8    Woodworking  for  Beginners.    Wheeler 52 

5  Wonder  Clock.     Pyle 23 

7  Would-be-goods.     Nesbit 39 

2  Wright.    Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  i 7 

3  Wright.     Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  2 12 

5  Wright.     Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  3 25 

6  Wright.     Seaside  and  Wayside,  No.  4 34 

7  Wright  and  Coues.     Citizen  Bird 42 

4  Wyss  (Stickney,  ed.)     Swiss  Family  Robinson 18 

8  Young  Citizen.    Dole 45 

7  Young     Folks'     Cyclopedia     of     Common     Things. 

Champlin    35 

6    Young    Folks'    Cyclopedia    of    Games    and    Sports. 

Champlin  and  Bostwick  27 

8  Young    Folks'    Cyclopedia    of    Persons    and    Places. 

Champlin    44 

6     Young  Lucretia  and  Other  Stories.    Wilkins 33 

4     Zitkalka-Sa.     Old  Indian  Legends 18 


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